Passes the Bechdel test

All Is True

Name: All Is True
Released: 2019

2019. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, written by Ben Elton.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
6 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 168.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

On 29 June 1613 in London, the Globe Theatre, run by famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to the ground. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna are surprised to hear that he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.

Released: 08 Feb 2019
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.3 / 10
Metascore: 59 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Will 260 lines, man
Judith 81 lines, woman
Anne 76 lines, woman
Susanna 58 lines, woman
Southampton 36 lines, man
John Hall 35 lines, man
Quiney 18 lines, man
Boy 13 lines, man
Henry 12 lines, man
Jonson 12 lines, man

Full cast, 30 people

Kenneth Branagh as William Shakespeare
Judi Dench as Anne Shakespeare
Ian McKellen as Earl of Southampton
Kathryn Wilder as Judith Shakespeare
Lydia Wilson as Susanna Hall
Hadley Fraser as John Hall
Jack Colgrave Hirst as Tom Quiney
John Dagleish as Rafe Smith
Sean Foley as John Lane
Gerard Horan as Ben Jonson
Jimmy Yuill as Edward Woolmer
Alex Macqueen as Sir Thomas Lucy
Eleanor de Rohan as Margaret Wheeler
Nonso Anozie as Actor
Lolita Chakrabarti as Lena
Darryl Clark as Mr. Wheeler
Doug Colling as Douglas
Clara Duczmal as Elizabeth Hall
Phil Dunster as Harry
Freya Durkan as Young Judith Shakespeare
Sam Ellis as Hamnet Shakespeare
Matt Jessup as Frank
Harry Lister Smith as Jack Cade
Hamish McColl as Judge
Sabi Perez as Maria
Michael Rouse as Francis Collins
Penny Ryder as Mrs. Wheeler
Kate Tydman as Lady Thomas Lucy
Ian Hearnshaw as Townsman
Oliver Simms as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 168

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	0
5 to 8	4	3
9 to 12	2	14
13 to 16	1	3
17 to 20	6	2
21 to 24	2	8
25 to 28	3	5
29 to 32	12	10
33 to 36	11	5
37 to 40	2	12
41 to 44	1	4
45 to 48	7	7
49 to 52	4	5
53 to 56	6	1
57 to 60	1	1
61 to 64	0	0
65 to 68	4	28
69 to 72	4	19
73 to 76	3	11
77 to 80	2	7
81 to 84	1	3
85 to 88	4	3
89 to 92	7	11
93 to 96	16	19
97 to 100	2	72
101 to 104	31	31
105 to 108	21	18
109 to 112	3	1
113 to 116	10	10
117 to 120	2	26
121 to 124	0	2
125 to 128	2	11
129 to 132	2	3
133 to 136	3	3
137 to 140	2	12
141 to 144	0	13
145 to 148	6	1
149 to 152	9	8
153 to 156	4	1
157 to 160	8	5
161 to 164	3	22
165 to 168	12	18

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.

JUDITH: And you saw what you wanted to see. You saw yourself! ANNE: Judith! Enough.

ANNE: Its our marriage licence Will. 34 years ago I put my mark to it. SUSANNA: And now... ANNE: Anne.... Shakespeare.

ANNE: Fear no more the heat o the sun. JUDITH: Nor the furious winters rages SUSANNA: Thou thy worldy task hast done, Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages Golden lads and girls all must As chimney sweepers come to dust

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 34 are women's.

223 lines from women, 438 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

6 women and 16 men in the cast. 4 women and 9 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 691. 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 30% of the words (2,802), men 70% (6,675). Women have 34% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh (man)
Written by: Ben Elton (man)
Produced by: Ted Gagliano (gender not listed), Kenneth Branagh (man), Tamar Thomas (woman)
Shot by: Zac Nicholson (man)
Edited by: Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (woman)
Music by: Patrick Doyle (man)
Production design by: James Merifield (gender not listed)
Costumes by: Michael O'Connor (man)
Cast by: Lucy Bevan (woman), Emily Brockmann (woman)