Passes the Bechdel test
Coriolanus
2012. Directed by Ralph Fiennes, written by John Logan and William Shakespeare.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 79. -
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 2 out of 3.
The film
The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius.
- Released
- 20 Jan 2012
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 79 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 10 wins & 18 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Coriolanus 118 lines, man
- Menenius 80 lines, man
- Volumnia 67 lines, woman
- Sicinius 45 lines, man
- Brutus 37 lines, man
- Aufidius 36 lines, man
- Martius 22 lines, man
- Titus 21 lines, man
- Tamora 20 lines
- Cominius 18 lines, man
Full cast, 16 people
- Ralph Fiennes as Caius Martius Coriolanus
- Gerard Butler as Tullus Aufidius
- Lubna Azabal as First Citizen (Tamora)
- Ashraf Barhom as Second Citizen (Cassius)
- Jessica Chastain as Virgilia
- Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia
- James Nesbitt as Tribune Sicinius
- Brian Cox as Menenius
- John Kani as General Cominius
- Dragan Mićanović as Titus Lartius
- Paul Jesson as Tribune Brutus
- Dan Tana as 1st Senator
- Miodrag Milovanov as 2nd Senator
- Nikki Amuka-Bird as TV Pundit
- Slavko Štimac as un Lieutenant Volsce
- Jon Snow as TV Anchorman
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 27% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 79
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 to 12 | 24 | 11 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 9 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 23 |
| 23 to 24 | 7 | 5 |
| 25 to 26 | 3 | 13 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 8 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 to 36 | 6 | 45 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 47 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 13 |
| 41 to 42 | 13 | 31 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 9 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 11 |
| 49 to 50 | 1 | 2 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 to 54 | 12 | 12 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 17 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 16 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 7 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 17 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 6 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 2 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 3 |
| 73 to 74 | 25 | 16 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 22 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 79 | 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.
VOLUMNIA: Will you be gone? VIRGILIA: You shall stay too. I would I had the
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
93 lines from women, 410 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
4 women and 11 men in the cast. 2 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 691.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 106 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 20% of the words (1,694), men 80% (6,911). Women have 18% 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
8
Two men
66
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ralph Fiennes (man)
- Written by
- John Logan (man)
- Produced by
- Gabrielle Tana (woman), Julia Taylor-Stanley (woman), Colin Vaines (man), John Logan (man), Ralph Fiennes (man)
- Shot by
- Barry Ackroyd (man)
- Edited by
- Nicolas Gaster (man)
- Music by
- Ilan Eshkeri (man)
- Production design by
- Ricky Eyres (man)
- Costumes by
- Bojana Nikitović (woman)
- Cast by
- Aleksandar Adžić (gender not listed), Jina Jay (woman), Danilo Bećković (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
7 women, 6 men, 10 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 13 men, 8 not listed
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Art
1 women, 5 men, 12 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 11 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 10 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 4 men, 10 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 0 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 48 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jessica Chastain 33, Lubna Azabal 37, Vanessa Redgrave 74
Men
Ashraf Barhom 32, Dragan Mićanović 40, Gerard Butler 41, James Nesbitt 46, Ralph Fiennes 48, Brian Cox 64, John Kani 67
Exhibit H: the money
It made 14% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $7.7 million
- Box office
- $1.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 79 scenes and 691 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
