Fails the Bechdel test
El Mariachi
1992. Directed by Robert Rodriguez, written by Robert Rodriguez and Carlos Gallardo.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.
- Released
- 26 Feb 1993
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 73 / 100
- Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Domino 74 lines, woman
- Mariachi 64 lines, man
- Azul 56 lines, man
- Mean Dude #5 36 lines, man
- Moco 36 lines, man
- Viejo Clerk 12 lines, man
- Bartender 10 lines, man
- Assistant 8 lines, man
- Rat #1 7 lines, man
- Rat #2 4 lines, man
Full cast, 42 people
- Carlos Gallardo as El Mariachi
- Consuelo Gómez as Domino
- Jaime de Hoyos as Bigotón
- Peter Marquardt as Mauricio
- Reinol Martinez as Azul
- Ramiro Gómez as Cantinero
- Jesús López as Viejo Clerk
- Luis Baró as Domino's Assistant
- Oscar Fabila as The Boy
- Poncho Ramon as Azul's Rat
- Fernando Martinez as Azul's Rat
- Manuel Acosta as Bodyguard
- Walter Vargas as Prisoner
- Roberto Martinez as Prisoner
- Virgen Delgado as Female Bodyguard
- Juanita Vargas as Female Bodyguard
- Yolanda Puga as Female Bodyguard
- Jaime Rodriguez as Moco's Man
- Luis Cadena as Moco's Man
- Afredo Martínez as Moco's Man
- Gerardo Jaquez as Moco's Man
- Mario Mata as Moco's Man
- Daniel Delgado as Moco's Man
- Rosendo Ortiz as Moco's Man
- Cesar Cadena as Moco's Man
- Jose Salinas as Moco's Man
- Robert Santoyo as Moco's Man
- Sabas Perez as Moco's Man
- Guadenico Martin as Moco's Man
- Juan Garcia as Moco's Man
- Maximo Martin as Moco's Man
- DiFonso Quezada as Moco's Man
- Manuel Vejor as Moco's Man
- Alfredo Cisneros as Keyboardist
- Alejandro Peña as Piña / Loco
- Israel Reyes as Taco
- Clara Scott as Moco's Manicurist
- María Castillo as Jail Guard
- Samuel Quiroz as Jail Guard
- Roberto Delgado as Jail Guard
- Fermin Barron as School Bus Driver
- Tito Tortuga as La Tortuga
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 123
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 12 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 10 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 6 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 11 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 75 | 11 | 10 |
| 76 to 78 | 23 | 26 |
| 79 to 81 | 1 | 15 |
| 82 to 84 | 1 | 2 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 10 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 11 |
| 94 to 96 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 to 99 | 1 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 2 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 to 108 | 5 | 26 |
| 109 to 111 | 20 | 20 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 7 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 5 |
| 118 to 120 | 10 | 23 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 13 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.
75 lines from women, 240 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
1 women and 6 men in the cast. 1 women and 4 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 67 of 315.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 66 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (700), men 76% (2,252).
Exhibit D: 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
0
Two men
14
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 7 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 5% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Robert Rodriguez (man)
- Written by
- Carlos Gallardo (man), Robert Rodriguez (man)
- Produced by
- Carlos Gallardo (man), Robert Rodriguez (man)
- Shot by
- Robert Rodriguez (man)
- Edited by
- Robert Rodriguez (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
-
Production
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 2 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 27 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Carlos Gallardo 26, Peter Marquardt 28
Exhibit G: the money
It made 282.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $7,225
- Box office
- $2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 123 scenes and 315 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
