Passes the Bechdel test
A Hero
2022. Directed by Asghar Farhadi, written by Asghar Farhadi.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned.
- Released
- 21 Jan 2022
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 82 / 100
- Awards
- 18 wins & 42 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Rahim 297 lines, man
- Farkhondeh 86 lines, woman
- Taheri 71 lines, man
- Maliheh 60 lines, woman
- Hossein 59 lines, man
- Nadali 39 lines
- Radmehr 37 lines, woman
- Bahram 28 lines, man
- Siavash 27 lines, man
- Driver 22 lines
Full cast, 14 people
- Amir Jadidi as Rahim Soltani
- Mohsen Tanabandeh as Bahram
- Sahar Goldoost as Farkhondeh
- Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee as Mrs. Radmehr
- Sarina Farhadi as Nazanin
- Ehsan Goodarzi as Nad-e-Ali
- Maryam Shahdaie as Malileh
- Ali Reza Jahandideh as Hossein
- Farrokh Nourbakht as Salehi
- Mohammad Aghebati as Salehpour
- Saleh Karimai as Siavash Soltani
- Ali Ranjbari as The Taxi Driver
- Fatemeh Tavakoli as The Owner of the Coins
- Amir Amiri as The Prisoner
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
FARKHONDEH: You’ve only got two days' leave. You’re excused from washing duty. MALIHEH: Can you open it, darling?
AFSANEH: OK, don’t call. In any case, we don’t have the right to speak in this house! MARVASTI: What week day was it?
FARKHONDEH: Sorry I’m late. MALIHEH: We're sorry to disturb you. FARKHONDEH: Not at all.
MALIHEH: Thank you. FARKHONDEH: Thank you, goodbye.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 30 are women's.
245 lines from women, 573 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 4 men in the cast. 3 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 37 of 945.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 71 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 34% of the words (2,912), men 66% (5,582). Women have 30% 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
14
Two men
27
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 8 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Asghar Farhadi (man)
- Written by
- Asghar Farhadi (man)
- Produced by
- Asghar Farhadi (man), Alexandre Mallet-Guy (man)
- Shot by
- Ali Ghazi (gender not listed), Arash Ramezani (gender not listed)
- Edited by
- Hayedeh Safiyari (woman)
- Costumes by
- Negar Nemati (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 0 men
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Visual Effects
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 39 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sarina Farhadi 23, Sahar Goldoost 35, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee 58
Men
Amir Jadidi 37, Mohsen Tanabandeh 46
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 945 lines of dialogue. How the test works
