Passes the Bechdel test
Bugonia
2025. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, written by Will Tracy and Jang Joon-hwan.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 185. -
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
Strange beliefs and unfounded convictions have shaped conspiracy theorist Teddy Gatz into the man he is today. And haunted by the crazy idea that malevolent extraterrestrials live among us, Teddy has embarked on a quixotic crusade to rid humankind of the otherworldly menace. His latest target is Michelle Fuller, the high-profile CEO of Auxolith Biomedical, and Teddy is determined to beat a confession out of her. All he needs is courage. Now, reason won't cut it, and Fuller's intricate mind games won't save her skin, unless she comes clean about her sinister hidden agenda. However, Michelle is such a lovely person--perhaps a bit cold, but still a living, breathing human being. Then again, what if Gatz is onto something?
- Released
- 31 Oct 2025
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 Oscars. 12 wins & 150 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Teddy 351 lines, man
- Michelle 237 lines, woman
- Don 99 lines, man
- Casey 40 lines, man
- Sandy 9 lines, woman
- Detective 6 lines
- Corey 5 lines, woman
- Michelle/Emperor 5 lines, woman
- Chris 4 lines, man
- Lower Third Title 4 lines
Full cast, 29 people
- Emma Stone as Michelle
- Jesse Plemons as Teddy
- Aidan Delbis as Don
- Stavros Halkias as Casey
- Alicia Silverstone as Sandy
- J. Carmen Galindez Barrera as Ricky / Security Guard
- Marc T. Lewis as Tony
- Vanessa Eng as Corey
- Cedric Dumornay as Chris
- Momma Cherri as Tina
- Fredricka Whitfield as Fredricka Whitfield
- Rafael Lopez Bravo as Carlos
- Yaisa as EMT
- Teneise Mitchell Ellis as Detective
- Roger Carvalho as Young Detective
- Atsushi Nishijima as Chief Andromedan
- Janlyn Bales as Andromedan
- Andy Blackburn as Andromedan
- Stella Bizirtsaki as Andromedan
- Diana Duah as Andromedan
- Adam Esufali as Andromedan
- Jerskin Fendrix as Andromedan
- Aiecia Harper as Andromedan
- Sally Kennington as Andromedan
- Paul Mansell as Andromedan
- Harith Mohammed as Andromedan
- Zawadi Phillimore as Andromedan
- Parvinder Shergill as Doctor (uncredited)
- Ava Kris Tyson as Bees (Voice) (Uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 185
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 to 36 | 6 | 41 |
| 37 to 40 | 7 | 1 |
| 41 to 44 | 3 | 1 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 10 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 8 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 5 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 8 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 32 |
| 65 to 68 | 27 | 49 |
| 69 to 72 | 2 | 0 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 to 80 | 4 | 19 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 to 88 | 15 | 24 |
| 89 to 92 | 14 | 57 |
| 93 to 96 | 7 | 1 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 1 |
| 101 to 104 | 60 | 69 |
| 105 to 108 | 5 | 48 |
| 109 to 112 | 21 | 30 |
| 113 to 116 | 3 | 4 |
| 117 to 120 | 18 | 14 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 0 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 to 132 | 4 | 4 |
| 133 to 136 | 3 | 2 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 0 |
| 141 to 144 | 24 | 11 |
| 145 to 148 | 1 | 2 |
| 149 to 152 | 28 | 19 |
| 153 to 156 | 3 | 0 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 1 |
| 161 to 164 | 5 | 0 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 0 |
| 173 to 176 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 to 180 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 to 184 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 to 185 | 0 | 0 |
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.
COREY: Okay, so that’s it then. You just have the investor call with Sara and a VC with Wieden+Kennedy at 9 that you can do remote. MICHELLE: Great. Thank you, Corey. Thank you thank you. Now, so, the 5:30 thing? COREY: Uh huh MICHELLE: Look. I know you sent the email already. But I need you to let everyone know they are free to leave at 5:30 from now on, starting today, oka…
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 34 are women's.
260 lines from women, 505 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 10 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 81 of 790.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 80 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 43% of the words (3,966), men 57% (5,253). Women have 34% 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
2
Two men
32
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Yorgos Lanthimos (man)
- Written by
- Will Tracy (man)
- Produced by
- Andrew Lowe (man), Ed Guiney (man), Yorgos Lanthimos (man), Emma Stone (woman), Lars Knudsen (man), Ari Aster (man) and 2 more
- Shot by
- Robbie Ryan (man)
- Edited by
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis (man)
- Music by
- Jerskin Fendrix (man)
- Production design by
- James Price (man)
- Costumes by
- Jennifer Johnson (woman)
- Cast by
- Jennifer Venditti (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
10 women, 15 men, 13 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 13 men, 15 not listed
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Art
2 women, 6 men, 16 not listed
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Production
4 women, 12 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 2 men, 17 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 6 men, 9 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 9 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 43 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Stone 36, Alicia Silverstone 49
Men
Stavros Halkias 36, Jesse Plemons 37, Marc T. Lewis 48
Exhibit H: the money
It made 79% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $55 million
- Box office
- $43.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 185 scenes and 790 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
