Passes the Bechdel test
After.Life
2009. Directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, written by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo and Paul Vosloo and Jakub Korolczuk.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 197. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
After an horrific car accident, Anna (Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Neeson) preparing her for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances she's merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna's forced to accept her own death. But Anna's grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Long) can't shake the suspicion that Eliot isn't what he appears to be.
- Released
- 16 Dec 2009
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 36 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Eliot 209 lines, man
- Anna 198 lines, woman
- Paul 150 lines, man
- Jack 40 lines, man
- Beatrice 29 lines, woman
- Tom 29 lines, man
- Vincent 15 lines, man
- Prep Room 8 lines
- Father Graham 7 lines, man
- Viewing Room 7 lines
Full cast, 23 people
- Christina Ricci as Anna Taylor
- Liam Neeson as Eliot Deacon
- Justin Long as Paul
- Chandler Canterbury as Jack
- Josh Charles as Tom Peterson
- Celia Weston as Beatrice Taylor
- Shuler Hensley as Vincent Miller
- Anna Kuchma as Restaurant Patron
- Rosemary Murphy as Susan Whitehall
- Laurel Bryce as Young Anna Taylor
- Luz Alexandra Ramos as Diane
- Malachy McCourt as Father Graham
- Alice Drummond as Mrs. Hutton
- Jack Rovello as Tall Kid
- Doan Ly as Teacher
- Sam Kressner as Acne Kid
- Prudence Wright Holmes as Old Woman
- Barbara Singer as Old Woman
- Laurie Cole as Principal
- Christopher Jackson as Neal
- Gurdeep Singh as Cashier
- Jonny Fido as Stocky Teacher
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Assistant (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 197
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 to 10 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 to 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 to 20 | 8 | 8 |
| 21 to 25 | 11 | 7 |
| 26 to 30 | 36 | 3 |
| 31 to 35 | 16 | 18 |
| 36 to 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 to 45 | 12 | 8 |
| 46 to 50 | 0 | 10 |
| 51 to 55 | 16 | 19 |
| 56 to 60 | 8 | 8 |
| 61 to 65 | 3 | 16 |
| 66 to 70 | 13 | 13 |
| 71 to 75 | 0 | 6 |
| 76 to 80 | 19 | 36 |
| 81 to 85 | 5 | 0 |
| 86 to 90 | 6 | 30 |
| 91 to 95 | 5 | 7 |
| 96 to 100 | 3 | 0 |
| 101 to 105 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 to 110 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 to 120 | 2 | 0 |
| 121 to 125 | 7 | 7 |
| 126 to 130 | 9 | 8 |
| 131 to 135 | 2 | 29 |
| 136 to 140 | 9 | 42 |
| 141 to 145 | 12 | 20 |
| 146 to 150 | 0 | 21 |
| 151 to 155 | 0 | 6 |
| 156 to 160 | 17 | 57 |
| 161 to 165 | 4 | 1 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 3 |
| 171 to 175 | 9 | 17 |
| 176 to 180 | 0 | 3 |
| 181 to 185 | 0 | 20 |
| 186 to 190 | 0 | 1 |
| 191 to 195 | 3 | 7 |
| 196 to 197 | 7 | 14 |
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.
ON ANNA: her head bowed as she lets the water wash over her. ANNA: It's not about us.
ANNA: I'm happy. ON ANNA: her nose is bleeding. She touches her lips. Looks impassively at the blood on her fingertips. The SOUND OF WATER carries into the next scene…
BEATRICE: I don't know. DIANE: They said it happened just before 8.30.
ANNA: I don't even know your name. ON ANNA: Her eyes still closed.
ANNA: Why did you lie to me? ON ANNA: ...delicately closes Anna's eyelids.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 35 are women's.
256 lines from women, 478 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 11 men in the cast. 8 women and 14 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 790.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 70 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 32% of the words (1,750), men 68% (3,757). Women have 35% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
8
Two men
25
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (woman)
- Written by
- Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (woman), Paul Vosloo (man), Jakub Korolczuk (man)
- Produced by
- Brad M. Gilbert (gender not listed), Bill Perkins (man), Celine Rattray (woman)
- Shot by
- Anastas N. Michos (man)
- Edited by
- Niven Howie (man)
- Music by
- Paul Haslinger (man)
- Production design by
- Ford Wheeler (man)
- Costumes by
- Luca Mosca (man)
- Cast by
- Matthew Lessall (man)
The crew, department by department
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Art
1 women, 7 men, 26 not listed
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Camera
3 women, 7 men, 9 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 6 men, 12 not listed
-
Production
5 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Lighting
1 women, 2 men, 9 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 10 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 50 on average. Men: 36 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Anna Kuchma 28, Christina Ricci 29, Celia Weston 57, Rosemary Murphy 84
Men
Chandler Canterbury 10, Justin Long 31, Josh Charles 38, Shuler Hensley 42, Liam Neeson 57
Exhibit H: the money
It made 80% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $4.5 million
- Box office
- $3.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 197 scenes and 790 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
