Passes the Bechdel test

Downhill

Name: Downhill
Released: 2020

2020. Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, written by Jesse Armstrong and Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
3 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 9 scenes out of 96.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Inspired by the motion picture FORCE MAJEURE by Ruben Östlund.

Released: 14 Feb 2020
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 4.9 / 10
Metascore: 49 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Billie 272 lines, woman
Pete 151 lines, man
Peter 116 lines, man
Charlotte 75 lines, woman
Zach 38 lines, man
Marouane 33 lines
Rosie 28 lines, woman
Finn 24 lines, man
Emerson 21 lines
Michel 13 lines, man

Full cast, 20 people

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Billie Stanton
Will Ferrell as Pete Stanton
Zach Woods as Zach
Miranda Otto as Charlotte
Giulio Berruti as Guglielmo
Zoë Chao as Rosie
Julian Grey as Finn Stanton
Ammon Jacob Ford as Emerson Stanton
Kristofer Hivju as Michel
Alex Macqueen as Charlie
Kimberly Rydell as Bar Woman
Ruth Brauer-Kvam as Heli Ski Employee
Nadiv Molcho as German Snowboarder
Ferdinand Ramml as Photographer
Uli Richter as Good-Looking Bar Guy
Ramneet Dass as Man
Meghna Surya as Woman
Caroline Mercedes Hochfelner as Alpine Slide Employee
Peter Schorn as Grizzly Lift Attendant
John Howarth as Golf Club Manager

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 96

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	0
3 to 4	14	18
5 to 6	4	6
7 to 8	19	13
9 to 10	36	14
11 to 12	12	13
13 to 14	2	3
15 to 16	0	2
17 to 18	10	13
19 to 20	1	7
21 to 22	4	4
23 to 24	5	1
25 to 26	32	23
27 to 28	0	0
29 to 30	0	0
31 to 32	17	27
33 to 34	2	4
35 to 36	1	0
37 to 38	21	25
39 to 40	3	4
41 to 42	0	0
43 to 44	46	51
45 to 46	0	0
47 to 48	11	3
49 to 50	18	0
51 to 52	45	0
53 to 54	0	1
55 to 56	5	7
57 to 58	5	1
59 to 60	2	14
61 to 62	11	7
63 to 64	0	0
65 to 66	5	4
67 to 68	0	0
69 to 70	4	8
71 to 72	0	7
73 to 74	12	2
75 to 76	19	27
77 to 78	0	3
79 to 80	0	11
81 to 82	2	4
83 to 84	2	5
85 to 86	5	3
87 to 88	2	8
89 to 90	3	7
91 to 92	8	5
93 to 94	3	5
95 to 96	0	1

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

CHARLOTTE: Hello. I’m Charlotte. So. The flight was okay? What time did you check in? BILLIE: Oh, uh, hi. Midday. Yes. All good.

CHARLOTTE: For your skiing, there are the easy runs on the Austrian side. Over the other, if you like, you can go crazy in Switzerland. BILLIE: Switzerland? CHARLOTTE: Over the top is Switzerland and everything is different. And so any questions? CHARLOTTE: Okay, so. We are finished. I’m here as friend, yes? Do you want to be my friend?

CHARLOTTE: Good. Then, we are friends. CHARLOTTE: Please call me. You are American. You have paid, so you must have everything! BILLIE: Should you tip her?

BILLIE: So, let’s not be, anymore. CHARLOTTE: No, silly friends. We bring bags. You do nothing! BILLIE: No, yes. Of course. That’s what we were just discussing. Okay.

BILLIE: ... So,... CHARLOTTE: Yay! My good friends! Yes!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 52 are women's.

391 lines from women, 361 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

3 women and 9 men in the cast. 7 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 842. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 19 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 55% of the words (3,459), men 45% (2,869). Women have 52% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

6 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jim Rash (man), Nat Faxon (man)
Written by: Jesse Armstrong (man), Nat Faxon (man), Jim Rash (man)
Produced by: Anthony Bregman (man), Stefanie Azpiazu (woman), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (woman)
Shot by: Danny Cohen (man)
Edited by: Pamela Martin (woman), David Rennie (man)
Music by: Volker Bertelmann (man)
Production design by: David Warren (man)
Costumes by: Kathleen Felix-Hager (woman)
Cast by: Jeanne McCarthy (woman), Nicole Abellera Hallman (woman)