Passes the Bechdel test
Cyrano
2022. Directed by Joe Wright, written by Erica Schmidt and Edmond Rostand.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 85. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.
- Released
- 25 Feb 2022
- Genres
- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 66 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 47 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Cyrano 380 lines, man
- Roxanne 247 lines, woman
- Christian 147 lines, man
- De Guiche 80 lines, man
- Le Bret 63 lines, man
- Marie 38 lines, woman
- Ragueneau 16 lines, man
- Sister Claire 16 lines, woman
- Montfleury 13 lines, man
- Valvert 13 lines, man
Full cast, 84 people
- Peter Dinklage as Cyrano de Bergerac
- Haley Bennett as Roxanne
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Christian de Neuvillette
- Ben Mendelsohn as De Guiche
- Monica Dolan as Marie
- Bashir Salahuddin as Le Bret
- Joshua James as Valvert
- Anjana Vasan as Sister Claire
- Ruth Sheen as Mother Marthe
- Glen Hansard as Guard
- Sam Amidon as Guard
- Scott Folan as Guard
- Mark Benton as Montfleury
- Richard McCabe as Priest
- Peter Wight as Ragueneau
- Tim McMullan as Jodelet
- Mark Bagnall as Stranger
- Mike Shepherd as Marquis
- Paul Biddiss as The Gate Keeper
- Katy Owen as The Thief
- Paul Hunter as Theatre Buff
- Celeste Dodwell as Theatre Lady
- Celeste Dring as Theatre Lady
- Bettrys Jones as Sheep Girl
- Nandi Bhebhe as Sheep Girl Dancer
- Colin Mace as Handsome Landlord
- Lucas Peters as Thief
- Leo Rait as Son of Theatre Buff
- Kyla Goodey as Theatre Chorus / Aristocrat
- Beverly Rudd as Theatre Chorus / Orange Seller
- Giles King as Theatre Chorus / Borghesi
- Carl Grose as Theatre Chorus
- Sarah Wright as Theatre Chorus / Puppeteer
- John Locke as The Follow Spot Operator
- Scott Fitzgerald Ahern as Dancer
- Pol Van den Broek as Dancer
- Zoe Ashe-Browne as Dancer
- Verdiano Cassone as Dancer
- Nick Coutsier as Dancer
- Hajiba Fahmy as Dancer
- Kazutomi "Tsuki" Kozuki as Dancer
- Nicola Leahey as Dancer
- Daniel Ralph Mfaya as Dancer
- Oscar Ramos as Dancer
- Joaquim de Santana as Dancer
- Dorotea Saykaly as Dancer
- Patrick Seebacher as Dancer
- Daniele Sibilli as Dancer
- Oliver Tida Tida as Dancer
- Mohamed Toukabri as Dancer
- Jonas Vanderkerckhove as Dancer
- Shelby Williams as Dancer
- Danilo Anzalone as Garrison Dancer
- Brice Asnar as Garrison Dancer
- Endi Bahaj as Garrison Dancer
- Christian Benfatto as Garrison Dancer
- Alessio Bianca as Garrison Dancer
- Paride Biasuzzi as Garrison Dancer
- Andrea Carrucciu as Garrison Dancer
- Daniele Caruso as Garrison Dancer
- Alberto Chianello as Garrison Dancer
- Pietro Conti as Garrison Dancer
- Christian Corsi as Garrison Dancer
- Gabriele Cupparo as Garrison Dancer
- Federico De Murtas as Garrison Dancer
- Mirko De'Campi as Garrison Dancer
- Giacomo Della Marina as Garrison Dancer
- Anthony Luca Finocchiaro as Garrison Dancer
- Matteo Finocchiaro as Garrison Dancer
- Andrea Gallina as Garrison Dancer
- Cesar Augusto Arrayago Heredia as Garrison Dancer
- Giovanni La Rocca as Garrison Dancer
- Francesco Ayrton Lacatena as Garrison Dancer
- Silvio Liberto as Garrison Dancer
- Ado Adonà Mamo as Garrison Dancer
- Antonio Milazzo as Garrison Dancer
- Danilo Muscarà as Garrison Dancer
- Igor Pane as Garrison Dancer
- Alessandro Pennisi as Garrison Dancer
- Andrea Pozzi as Garrison Dancer
- Francesco Salpietro as Garrison Dancer
- Vincenzo Lodovico Tallarico as Garrison Dancer
- Afshin Varjavandi as Garrison Dancer
- Luigi Vilotta as Garrison Dancer
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 85
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 15 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 5 to 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 to 8 | 6 | 100 |
| 9 to 10 | 15 | 70 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 to 20 | 64 | 75 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 97 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 to 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 to 34 | 15 | 13 |
| 35 to 36 | 13 | 23 |
| 37 to 38 | 5 | 4 |
| 39 to 40 | 6 | 18 |
| 41 to 42 | 5 | 5 |
| 43 to 44 | 18 | 16 |
| 45 to 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 47 to 48 | 1 | 11 |
| 49 to 50 | 1 | 5 |
| 51 to 52 | 34 | 57 |
| 53 to 54 | 15 | 19 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 2 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 4 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 5 |
| 65 to 66 | 6 | 21 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 2 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 10 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 7 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 15 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 68 |
| 79 to 80 | 27 | 8 |
| 81 to 82 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 to 84 | 2 | 5 |
| 85 to 85 | 43 | 42 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MARIE: Never on a weekend. ROXANNE: She likes tongue. ROXANNE: For heaven’s sake, please, go and eat. MARIE: Fine. And I’ll pray for your sins while I do.
ROXANNE: Is this acceptable - to you - my love? MARIE: Roxanne what madness is this?!
SISTER CLAIRE: Good! ROXANNE: Sister Claire is trying to convert you. SISTER CLAIRE: I am not! Mother warned me off.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
314 lines from women, 752 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 17 men in the cast. 5 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 1,119.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 118 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 29% of the words (3,335), men 71% (8,086).
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
10
Two men
40
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Joe Wright (man)
- Written by
- Erica Schmidt (woman)
- Produced by
- Eric Fellner (man), Tim Bevan (man), Guy Heeley (man)
- Shot by
- Seamus McGarvey (man)
- Edited by
- Valerio Bonelli (man)
- Music by
- Bryce Dessner (man), Aaron Dessner (man)
- Production design by
- Sarah Greenwood (woman)
- Costumes by
- Massimo Cantini Parrini (man), Jacqueline Durran (woman)
- Cast by
- Nina Gold (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 13 men, 8 not listed
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Production
3 women, 11 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 8 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
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Art
3 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 47 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Haley Bennett 33, Anjana Vasan 34, Monica Dolan 52, Ruth Sheen 69
Men
Kelvin Harrison Jr. 27, Bashir Salahuddin 45, Glen Hansard 51, Peter Dinklage 52, Ben Mendelsohn 52
Exhibit H: the money
It made 32% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $6.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 85 scenes and 1,119 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
