Passes the Bechdel test

Encanto

Name: Encanto
Released: 2021

2021. Directed by Jared Bush and Charise Castro Smith and Byron Howard, written by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush and Byron Howard.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
11 women characters. 23 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 21 scenes out of 65.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal-every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.

Released: 24 Nov 2021
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family
Rated: PG
IMDb: 7.2 / 10
Metascore: 75 / 100
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 58 wins & 86 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Mirabel 239 lines, woman
Abuela Alma 83 lines, woman
Tio Bruno 59 lines, man
Luisa 39 lines, woman
Isabela 38 lines, woman
Pepa 28 lines, woman
Julieta 26 lines, woman
Camilo 15 lines, man
Antonio 14 lines, man
Dolores 13 lines, woman

Full cast, 25 people

Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel (voice)
María Cecilia Botero as Abuela Alma (voice)
John Leguizamo as Bruno (voice)
Mauro Castillo as Félix (voice)
Jess Darrow as Luisa (voice)
Angie Cepeda as Julieta (voice)
Carolina Gaitán as Pepa (voice)
Diane Guerrero as Isabela (voice)
Wilmer Valderrama as Agustín (voice)
Rhenzy Feliz as Camilo (voice)
Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Antonio (voice)
Adassa as Dolores (voice)
Maluma as Mariano (voice)
Rose Portillo as Señora Guzmán (voice)
Noemi Josefina Flores as Young Mirabel / Town Kid (voice)
Juan Castano as Osvaldo (voice)
Sarah-Nicole Robles as Señora Ozma (voice)
Hector Elias as Old Arturo (voice)
Alan Tudyk as Toucan (voice)
Olga Merediz as Abuela Alma (singing) (voice)
Jorge E. Ruiz Cano as Tiple Maestro (voice)
Alyssa Bella Candiani as Town Kid (voice)
Paisley Day Herrera as Town Kid (voice)
Brooklyn Skylar Rodriguez as Town Kid (voice)
Ezra Rudulph as Town Kid (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 16% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 65

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	19	0
3 to 4	2	0
5 to 6	48	1
7 to 8	20	4
9 to 10	18	0
11 to 12	10	2
13 to 14	10	6
15 to 16	19	3
17 to 18	18	0
19 to 20	3	0
21 to 22	25	3
23 to 24	44	0
25 to 26	11	0
27 to 28	3	0
29 to 30	1	0
31 to 32	41	4
33 to 34	32	11
35 to 36	1	0
37 to 38	0	1
39 to 40	21	28
41 to 42	7	1
43 to 44	19	28
45 to 46	50	0
47 to 48	32	2
49 to 50	2	1
51 to 52	6	0
53 to 54	0	0
55 to 56	0	0
57 to 58	0	0
59 to 60	3	0
61 to 62	5	3
63 to 64	30	15
65 to 65	2	0

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.

ABUELA ALMA: Abre los ojos... open your eyes.... YOUNG MIRABEL: This is where our magic comes from? ABUELA ALMA: Mm-hmm, this candle holds the miracle given to our family. YOUNG MIRABEL: How did we get a miracle?

ABUELA ALMA: Tonight, this candle will give you your gift, mi vida. Strengthen our community, strengthen our home. Make your family proud. YOUNG MIRABEL: Make my family proud. ABUELA ALMA: Yes, yes, Casita, we’re going. YOUNG MIRABEL: What do you think my gift will be?

MIRABEL: And that’s why coffee’s for grown- ups. MY TIA PEPA: HER MOOD AFFECTS THE WEATHER. WHEN SHE’S UNHAPPY, WELL, THE

MIRABEL: AND LUISA’S SUPER STRONG. THE BEAUTY AND THE BRAWN DO NO WROOONG! ABUELA ALMA: Family, let’s get ready! LUISA: Coming Abuela! MIRABEL: THAT’S LIFE IN THE FAMILY MADRIGAL! NOW YOU KNOW THE FAMILY MADRIGAL. WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE ARE

MIRABEL: MY FAMILY’S AMAZING! KIDS/TOWN: MIRABEL! MIRABEL: AND I’M IN MY FAMILY, SO... KIDS/TOWN: MIRABEL!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 82 are women's.

502 lines from women, 113 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 9 men in the cast. 23 women and 8 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 11 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 80% of the words (4,855), men 20% (1,198). Women have 82% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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 19 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Byron Howard (man), Jared Bush (man)
Written by: Charise Castro Smith (woman), Jared Bush (man)
Story by: Charise Castro Smith (woman), Jared Bush (man), Byron Howard (man), Jason Hand (man), Nancy Kruse (woman), Lin-Manuel Miranda (man)
Produced by: Clark Spencer (man), Yvett Merino (woman)
Shot by: Nathan Warner (man), Alessandro Jacomini (man), Daniel Rice (man)
Edited by: Jeremy Milton (man)
Music by: Germaine Franco (woman)
Production design by: Ian Gooding (man)
Cast by: Jamie Sparer Roberts (woman)