Passes the Bechdel test
Amour
2012. Directed by Michael Haneke, written by Michael Haneke.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 59. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3, though someone marked that rating as dubious.
The film
Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to make some critical decisions for them both.
- Released
- 20 Sep 2012
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 95 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 84 wins & 111 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Georges 242 lines, man
- Anne 145 lines, woman
- Eva 44 lines, woman
- Soloist 20 lines
- Nurse 14 lines
- Superintendent 12 lines
- Geoff 7 lines, man
- Superintendent'S Wife 5 lines, woman
- Plain-Clothes Detective 3 lines
- Bathroom 1 lines
Full cast, 14 people
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Georges
- Emmanuelle Riva as Anne
- Isabelle Huppert as Eva
- Alexandre Tharaud as Alexandre
- William Shimell as Geoff
- Ramon Agirre as Concierge's Husband
- Rita Blanco as Concierge
- Carole Franck as Nurse #1
- Dinara Drukarova as Nurse #2
- Laurent Capelluto as Police Officer #1
- Jean-Michel Monroc as Police Officer #2
- Suzanne Schmidt as Neighbour
- Damien Jouillerot as Paramedic #1
- Walid Afkir as Paramedic #2
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 59
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 to 8 | 25 | 37 |
| 9 to 10 | 15 | 14 |
| 11 to 12 | 14 | 13 |
| 13 to 14 | 18 | 13 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 to 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 21 to 22 | 11 | 7 |
| 23 to 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 to 28 | 6 | 2 |
| 29 to 30 | 5 | 4 |
| 31 to 32 | 10 | 7 |
| 33 to 34 | 2 | 6 |
| 35 to 36 | 12 | 20 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 to 40 | 4 | 7 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 6 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 9 |
| 45 to 46 | 4 | 7 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 6 |
| 49 to 50 | 2 | 12 |
| 51 to 52 | 24 | 30 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 5 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
EVA: It's me, Mom. EVA: Can I do something for you? Mom... ANNE: Mom... Mom... Mom... Mom... Mom...
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 44 are women's.
195 lines from women, 250 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 8 men in the cast. 2 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 8 of 498.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 29 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 35% of the words (1,804), men 65% (3,311). Women have 44% 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
2
Two men
3
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
- Michael Haneke (man)
- Written by
- Michael Haneke (man)
- Produced by
- Michael Katz (man), Stefan Arndt (man), Veit Heiduschka (man), Margaret Ménégoz (woman)
- Shot by
- Darius Khondji (man)
- Edited by
- Monika Willi (woman), Nadine Muse (woman)
- Production design by
- Jean-Vincent Puzos (man)
- Costumes by
- Catherine Leterrier (woman)
- Cast by
- Kris Portier de Bellair (woman), Colomba Falcucci (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
3 women, 6 men
-
Art
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 3 men
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men
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Directing
1 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 2 men
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Other crew
2 women, 0 men
-
Editing
2 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 54 on average. Men: 56 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Dinara Drukarova 36, Carole Franck 42, Rita Blanco 49, Isabelle Huppert 59, Emmanuelle Riva 85
Men
Laurent Capelluto 41, Alexandre Tharaud 43, Ramon Agirre 58, William Shimell 59, Jean-Louis Trintignant 81
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $8.9 million
- Box office
- $29.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 59 scenes and 498 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
