Passes the Bechdel test
5 to 7
2015. Directed by Victor Levin, written by Victor Levin.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 83. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
In New York, an aspiring novelist has a cinq-a-sept affair with the beautiful wife of a French diplomat. Cultures, world views, personal ethics and dietary preferences clash as love deepens, with remarkable results. Romance, drama and comedy.
- Released
- 12 Feb 2015
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 52 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Brian 407 lines, man
- Arielle 282 lines, woman
- Jane 57 lines, woman
- Sam 41 lines, man
- Valery 37 lines, man
- Arlene 29 lines, woman
- David Remnick 10 lines
- Elodie 9 lines
- Waiter 9 lines, man
- Benoit 6 lines
Full cast, 18 people
- Anton Yelchin as Brian Bloom
- Bérénice Marlohe as Arielle Pierpont
- Olivia Thirlby as Jane
- Lambert Wilson as Valery Pierpont
- Frank Langella as Sam Bloom
- Glenn Close as Arlene Bloom
- Eric Stoltz as Jonathan Galassi
- Jocelyn DeBoer as Kiva Bloom
- David Shannon as Jim Sheehy
- Joseph D'Onofrio as Waiter
- Daniel Boulud as Himself
- David Remnick as Himself - New Yorker Editor
- Kelly Hartnett as Arielle Look alike
- Amina Robinson as Nanny
- Nancy Digonis as Maid
- Dov Tiefenbach as Cashier
- Gregg Micheals as Literary Patron
- Julian Bond as Himself
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 83
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 to 6 | 27 | 33 |
| 7 to 8 | 29 | 29 |
| 9 to 10 | 24 | 22 |
| 11 to 12 | 31 | 32 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 to 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 to 20 | 14 | 17 |
| 21 to 22 | 12 | 14 |
| 23 to 24 | 9 | 8 |
| 25 to 26 | 8 | 8 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 28 |
| 33 to 34 | 13 | 11 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 to 38 | 4 | 17 |
| 39 to 40 | 26 | 28 |
| 41 to 42 | 29 | 50 |
| 43 to 44 | 7 | 24 |
| 45 to 46 | 10 | 7 |
| 47 to 48 | 8 | 10 |
| 49 to 50 | 7 | 8 |
| 51 to 52 | 9 | 26 |
| 53 to 54 | 9 | 7 |
| 55 to 56 | 13 | 15 |
| 57 to 58 | 16 | 25 |
| 59 to 60 | 25 | 24 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 2 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 15 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 68 | 4 | 0 |
| 69 to 70 | 4 | 0 |
| 71 to 72 | 2 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 15 | 0 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 8 |
| 77 to 78 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 to 80 | 6 | 5 |
| 81 to 82 | 2 | 6 |
| 83 to 83 | 2 | 8 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
ARLENE: Arlene Bloom, how do you do. ARIELLE: Enchantee.
ARLENE: That's very kind. JANE: May I borrow the two of you for just one moment?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 42 are women's.
368 lines from women, 503 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 11 men in the cast. 3 women and 6 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 922.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 42 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 44% of the words (3,570), men 56% (4,489). Women have 42% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
4
Two men
20
Exhibit F: behind the camera
6 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 39% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Victor Levin (man)
- Written by
- Victor Levin (man)
- Produced by
- Julie Lynn (woman), Bonnie Curtis (woman), Sam Englebardt (man), William D. Johnson (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Arnaud Potier (man)
- Edited by
- Matt Maddox (man)
- Production design by
- Jeannine Oppewall (woman)
- Costumes by
- Heidi Bivens (woman)
- Cast by
- Heidi Levitt (woman), Billy Hopkins (man), Ashley Ingram (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
6 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Art
2 women, 0 men
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Sound
0 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men
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Other crew
0 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 39 on average. Men: 52 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Olivia Thirlby 27, Jocelyn DeBoer 28, Bérénice Marlohe 34, Glenn Close 67
Men
Anton Yelchin 25, Eric Stoltz 52, Lambert Wilson 55, Frank Langella 76
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 83 scenes and 922 lines of dialogue. How the test works
