Passes the Bechdel test
Another Year
2011. Directed by Mike Leigh, written by Mike Leigh.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 6 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years is surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family, who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
- Released
- 04 Feb 2011
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 57 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mary 436 lines, woman
- Tom 428 lines, man
- Gerri 415 lines, woman
- Joe 196 lines, man
- Katie 119 lines, woman
- Ken 102 lines, man
- Ronnie 87 lines, man
- Carl 45 lines, man
- Doctor 30 lines
- Woman 27 lines, woman
Full cast, 22 people
- Jim Broadbent as Tom
- Lesley Manville as Mary
- Ruth Sheen as Gerri
- Peter Wight as Ken
- Oliver Maltman as Joe
- David Bradley as Ronnie
- Karina Fernandez as Katie
- Martin Savage as Carl
- Michele Austin as Tanya
- Phil Davis as Jack
- Stuart McQuarrie as Tom's Colleague
- Imelda Staunton as Janet
- Eileen Davies as Mourner
- Mary Jo Randle as Mourner
- Ben Roberts as Mourner
- David Hobbs as Vicar
- Badi Uzzaman as Mr. Gupta
- Meneka Das as Mr. Gupta's Friend
- Ralph Ineson as Drill Worker
- Edna Doré as Allotment Lady
- Gary Powell as Man in Bar
- Lisa McDonald as Girl in Bar
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
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
GERRI: What would you say was the happiest moment of your life? JANET: What d'you mean? GERRI: Your nicest memory. Have a think. GERRI: When your children were born? Your wedding day?
MARY: I'm trying to give up though - aren't I, Gerri? GERRI: Oh, are you? MARY: Only, I've just had a bad experience on the tube.
GERRI: No. MARY: Didn't you?
MARY: Oh, it's just the three of us tonight. GERRI: Yes. MARY: Oh, I'm surprised. GERRI: I did tell you.
GERRI: You look lovely. MARY: Oh, thank you, Gerri. Oh... sorry GERRI: Did you have a late night? MARY: Oh.... I stayed up, watching the film. I couldn't wake up this morning. No, but it was lovely, having a lie-in on my day off.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 53 are women's.
1052 lines from women, 925 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 12 men in the cast. 6 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 2,014.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 59% of the words (7,703), men 41% (5,366). Women have 53% 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
105
Two men
95
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 37% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Mike Leigh (man)
- Written by
- Mike Leigh (man)
- Produced by
- Georgina Lowe (woman)
- Shot by
- Dick Pope (man)
- Edited by
- Jon Gregory (man)
- Music by
- Gary Yershon (man)
- Production design by
- Simon Beresford (man)
- Costumes by
- Jacqueline Durran (woman)
- Cast by
- Nina Gold (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Production
4 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 0 men
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Art
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 56 on average. Men: 56 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lesley Manville 54, Ruth Sheen 58
Men
Oliver Maltman 34, Phil Davis 57, Peter Wight 60, Jim Broadbent 61, David Bradley 68
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $8 million
- Box office
- $18.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 2,014 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
