Passes the Bechdel test
Breach
2007. Directed by Billy Ray, written by Adam Mazer and Bill Rotko and Billy Ray.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 159. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits. Within weeks, the crusty Hanssen, a devout Catholic, has warmed to O'Neill, who grows to respect Hanssen. O'Neill's wife resents Hanssen's intrusiveness; the personal and professional stakes get higher. How they catch Hanssen and why he spies become the film's story. Can O'Neill help catch red-handed "the worst spy in history" and hold onto his personal life?
- Released
- 16 Feb 2007
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 74 / 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
- Eric 266 lines, man
- Hanssen 167 lines, man
- Kate 105 lines, woman
- Juliana 32 lines, woman
- Hans Sen 25 lines
- Plesac 22 lines, man
- Garces 16 lines, man
- John 13 lines, man
- Bonnie 9 lines, woman
- Garage - 8 lines
Full cast, 40 people
- Chris Cooper as Robert Hanssen
- Ryan Phillippe as Eric O'Neill
- Laura Linney as Kate Burroughs
- Caroline Dhavernas as Juliana O'Neill
- Gary Cole as Rich Garces
- Dennis Haysbert as Dean Plesac
- Kathleen Quinlan as Bonnie Hanssen
- Bruce Davison as John O'Neill
- Jonathan Watton as Geddes
- Tom Barnett as Jim Olsen
- Jonathan Potts as D.I.A. Suit
- David Huband as Photographer
- Catherine Burdon as Agent Nece
- Scott Gibson as Agent Sherin
- Courtenay J. Stevens as Agent Loper
- Clare Stone as Lisa Hanssen
- Jonathan Keltz as Greg Hanssen
- Richard Fitzpatrick as Michael Rochford
- Melissa Thomson as Jane
- Craig Eldridge as Gene Connors
- Jonathan Whittaker as Tim Bereznay
- Reagan Pasternak as Beautiful Reporter
- Mary Jo Deschanel as Vivian O'Neill
- Elie Gemael as Libyan Man
- Oula Boubkraoui as Libyan Wife
- Chris Owens as Trunk Cataloguer
- Jonathon Ruckman as SWAT Agent
- Stan Coles as Father McKee
- Bart Bedford as Information Center Manager
- David Frisch as Agent Pack
- Scott McCulloch as Director Louis Freeh
- Mathew Lyons as Richard
- Greg Campbell as Special Agent in Charge
- David O'Neill as Man in Car
- Guido Rossi as Latin Speaking Man at Church
- John Ashcroft as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Paul D'Elia as D.C. Driver on Bridge (uncredited)
- Aaron Michael Lacey as FBI Agent (uncredited)
- Talia Russo as Woman on Cell Phone (uncredited)
- Don Whatley as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 16% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 159
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 to 12 | 17 | 11 |
| 13 to 16 | 15 | 10 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 to 28 | 3 | 32 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 23 |
| 33 to 36 | 2 | 23 |
| 37 to 40 | 9 | 28 |
| 41 to 44 | 6 | 19 |
| 45 to 48 | 17 | 12 |
| 49 to 52 | 7 | 2 |
| 53 to 56 | 14 | 29 |
| 57 to 60 | 10 | 23 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 40 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 21 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 7 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 3 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 8 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 13 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 14 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 7 |
| 97 to 100 | 1 | 5 |
| 101 to 104 | 1 | 23 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 5 |
| 109 to 112 | 3 | 4 |
| 113 to 116 | 12 | 15 |
| 117 to 120 | 3 | 16 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 4 |
| 125 to 128 | 5 | 5 |
| 129 to 132 | 10 | 16 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 9 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 7 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 16 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 0 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 3 |
| 157 to 159 | 13 | 22 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JULIANA: Bonnie, you really didnit have to go to all this tr-- BONNIE: It’s only leftovers. I couldn’t stand the thought of you two ordering from that Peking Wall place again.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 23 are women's.
151 lines from women, 515 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 23 men in the cast. 6 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 19 of 791.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 148 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 25% of the words (1,786), men 75% (5,250). Women have 23% 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
3
Two men
63
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 14 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 8% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Billy Ray (man)
- Written by
- Billy Ray (man), Adam Mazer (man), William L. Rotko (man)
- Story by
- Adam Mazer (man), William L. Rotko (man)
- Produced by
- Robert Newmyer (man), Scott Strauss (man), Scott Kroopf (man)
- Shot by
- Tak Fujimoto (man)
- Edited by
- Jeffrey Ford (man)
- Music by
- Mychael Danna (man)
- Production design by
- Wynn Thomas (man)
- Cast by
- Cassandra Kulukundis (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 9 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 5 men
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Art
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
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Lighting
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 41 on average. Men: 50 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Caroline Dhavernas 28, Laura Linney 43, Kathleen Quinlan 52
Men
Ryan Phillippe 32, Gary Cole 50, Dennis Haysbert 52, Chris Cooper 55, Bruce Davison 60
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $23 million
- Box office
- $41 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 159 scenes and 791 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
