Fails the Bechdel test
Argentina, 1985
2022. Directed by Santiago Mitre, written by Santiago Mitre and Mariano Llinás and Martín Mauregui.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
The Trial of the Juntas, 22 April 1985. In the nascent days of the Argentine Republic's newly formed government after the restoration of democracy in 1983, newly appointed federal chief prosecutor Julio César Strassera and his assistant, deputy prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, led the investigation and the trial against the brutal military dictatorship that plunged Argentina into chaos for almost ten years. And entrusted with the Herculean task of putting the country's most powerful and dangerous men behind bars, the young lawyers and their inexperienced legal team played with fire while seeking justice for the crimes committed during the Dirty War of 1976-1983.
- Released
- 21 Oct 2022
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 78 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 51 wins & 45 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Julio 357 lines, man
- Luis 149 lines, man
- Somi 73 lines, man
- Silvia 69 lines, woman
- Judith 35 lines
- Ruso 33 lines, man
- Maco 32 lines, man
- Asad 28 lines, man
- Basile 26 lines, man
- Bruzzo 23 lines, man
Full cast, 105 people
- Ricardo Darín as Julio Strassera
- Peter Lanzani as Luis Moreno Ocampo
- Alejandra Flechner as Silvia
- Paula Ransenberg as Susana
- Carlos Portaluppi as Juez
- Antonia Bengoechea as Maria Eugenia
- Laura Paredes as Adriana Calvo de Laborde
- Brian Sichel as Federico Corrales
- Norman Briski as Ruso
- Héctor Díaz as Basile
- Alejo Garcia Pintos as Juez
- Claudio Da Passano as Somi
- Gina Mastronicola as Véronica
- Francisco Bertín as Novio Véronica
- Santiago Armas Estevarena as Javier
- Gabriel Fernández as Bruzzo
- Ricardo Tuppel as Juez Militar
- Ignacio Francavilla as Militar Joven
- Pablo Moseinco as Juez
- Pablo Caramelo as Juez
- Mariano Speratti as Juez
- Guillermo Jacubowicz as Hormiga
- Martin Gallo as Romero
- Fernando Ritucci as Loza
- Pablo Burzstyn as Gonzaga
- Ricardo Cepeda as Defensor
- Héctor González as Defensor
- Carlos Del Río as Defensor
- Ruben Casela as Defensor
- Ricardo Carranza as Defensor
- Jorge Gerschman as Defensor
- Pietro Gian as Defensor
- Félix Santamaría as Maco Somigliana
- Toto Rovito as Eduardo
- Walter Jakob as Juez
- Manuel Caponi as Lucas Palacios
- Leyla Bechara as Isabel
- Susana Pampín as Madre Luis
- Marcelo Pozzi as Videla
- Joselo Bella as Massera
- Jorge Gregorio as Agosti
- Sergio Sánchez as Anaya
- Marcelo López as Lami Dozo
- Jorge Luis Couto as Graffigna
- Carlos Ihler as Galtieri
- Héctor Balcone as Viola
- Rosana Vezzoni as Madre de Plaza de Mayo
- Anahí Martella as Madre de Plaza de Mayo
- Agustín Gagliardi as Periodista
- José Luis Arias as Bernardo Neustadt
- Agustín Rittano as Testigo ESMA
- Ana Carolina García as Testigo
- Facundo Aquinos as Testigo
- Ricardo Truppel as Juez Militar
- Alejo Goyberg as Defensor
- Luis Lezcano as Defensor
- Jorge Varas as Lambruschini
- Almudena González as Judith
- Gastón Chamorro as Testigo
- Marcela Acosta as Testigo
- Débora Nacarate as Testigo
- Augusto Ghirardelli as Testigo
- David Alegre as Fotógrafo
- Carlos Ledrag as Conductor de Radio
- Rodrigo Rocco as Conductor de Radio
- Sofía Lanaro as Testigo Cordobesa
- Roberto Mauri as Declarante Cordobés
- Andrés Zurita as Tio Luis
- Adolfo Norberto Losada as Militar Recepción
- Javier Kussrow as Hombre Sospechoso 1
- Matías Broglia as Hombre Sospechoso 2
- Nacho Miguens as Ítalo Luder
- Gustavo Vieyra as Hombre Sospechoso 3
- Enrique Bogado as Ordenanza
- Aldo Onofri as Hombre de Seguridad
- Edward Green as Clyde Snow
- Fiona Mastronicola as Amiga Verónica
- Guido D'Albo as Vicealmirante
- Julian Levi as Hija Adriana Calvo de Laborde
- Stephanie Petresky as Joven Periodista Mujer
- Patricio Gonzalo as Joven Periodista Varón
- Judith König as Productora de Radio
- Sergio Ciancaglini as Periodista Mayor
- Fabián Abecasis as Periodista
- Felipe Villanueva as Alfredo Forti
- Martín Portela as Periodista Canal 11
- Fernando Gonet as Zelaya
- Bárbara Massó as Periodista
- Juan Cruz Márquez de la Serna as Periodista
- Natalia Olabe as María Kubik
- Silvina Scarpolini as Periodista
- Emilia Mayo as Notera de Televisión
- Lalo Rotaveria as Asistente de Piso
- Fito Yanelli as Ministro
- Adrián Mampel as Alfonsín
- Sol Braier as Maquilladora
- Carlota Rodríguez Echebarne as Amiga Madre Luis
- Andrea Varchavsky as Conductora Programa N20
- Natalia Santiago as Periodista Programa TV2
- María Laura Cali as Mujer Mayor
- María Colloca as Periodista Mujer
- César Córdoba as Militar 1
- Francisco Guglielmino as Militar
- Justina Ovejero as Pasajera del avión
- Fernando Contigiani García as Pablo Díaz
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 151
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 13 | 15 |
| 9 to 12 | 18 | 15 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 to 20 | 15 | 11 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 26 |
| 25 to 28 | 3 | 27 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 50 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 141 |
| 37 to 40 | 4 | 18 |
| 41 to 44 | 9 | 13 |
| 45 to 48 | 1 | 11 |
| 49 to 52 | 1 | 4 |
| 53 to 56 | 4 | 12 |
| 57 to 60 | 14 | 25 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 47 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 20 |
| 69 to 72 | 9 | 39 |
| 73 to 76 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 to 80 | 1 | 4 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 5 |
| 85 to 88 | 2 | 10 |
| 89 to 92 | 1 | 6 |
| 93 to 96 | 1 | 6 |
| 97 to 100 | 10 | 28 |
| 101 to 104 | 2 | 11 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 30 |
| 109 to 112 | 2 | 42 |
| 113 to 116 | 8 | 12 |
| 117 to 120 | 2 | 15 |
| 121 to 124 | 16 | 31 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 29 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 11 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 42 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 4 |
| 141 to 144 | 3 | 19 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 34 |
| 149 to 151 | 3 | 17 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.
146 lines from women, 851 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
10 women and 27 men in the cast. 5 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 1,147.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 229 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,459), men 86% (9,175). Women have 15% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
53
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 17 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Santiago Mitre (man)
- Written by
- Mariano Llinás (man), Santiago Mitre (man)
- Produced by
- Axel Kuschevatzky (man), Chino Darín (man), Victoria Alonso (woman), Santiago Mitre (man), Federico Posternak (gender not listed), Santiago Carabante (gender not listed) and 3 more
- Shot by
- Javier Julia (man)
- Edited by
- Andrés Pepe Estrada (man)
- Music by
- Pedro Osuna (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Mónica Toschi (woman)
- Cast by
- Mariana Mitre (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
3 women, 11 men, 29 not listed
-
Production
4 women, 9 men, 30 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 9 men, 26 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 5 men, 12 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 13 not listed
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Art
0 women, 1 men, 13 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 11 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 42 on average. Men: 58 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Antonia Bengoechea 24, Laura Paredes 42, Alejandra Flechner 60
Men
Peter Lanzani 32, Carlos Portaluppi 55, Héctor Díaz 56, Ricardo Darín 65, Norman Briski 84
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $58.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 151 scenes and 1,147 lines of dialogue. How the test works
