Passes the Bechdel test

Fair Play

Name: Fair Play
Released: 2023

2023. Directed by Chloe Domont, written by Chloe Domont.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
10 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 113.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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

The film

Hot off the heels of their new engagement, thriving New York couple Emily and Luke can't get enough of each other. When a coveted promotion at a cutthroat financial firm arises, supportive exchanges between the lovers begin to sour into something more sinister. As the power dynamics irrevocably shift in their relationship, Luke and Emily must face the true price of success and the unnerving limits of ambition.

Released: 06 Oct 2023
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.4 / 10
Metascore: 73 / 100
Awards: 11 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Emily 335 lines, woman
Luke 279 lines, man
Campbell 49 lines, man
Rory 44 lines, man
Paul 26 lines, man
Mother 25 lines, woman
Arjun 19 lines, man
Dax 12 lines, man
Quinn 11 lines, man
Luke’S Brother 8 lines, man

Full cast, 35 people

Phoebe Dynevor as Emily
Alden Ehrenreich as Luke
Eddie Marsan as Campbell
Rich Sommer as Paul
Sebastian de Souza as Rory
Sia Alipour as Arjun
Yacine Ramoul as Jeremie
Brandon Bassir as Dax
Jamie Wilkes as Quinn
Freddy Sawyer as Derek
Geraldine Somerville as Emily's Mother
Patrick Fischler as Robert Bynes
Laurel Lefkow as Connie
Buck Braithwaite as Theo
Jim Sturgeon as Uncle J
Linda Ljoka as Mrs. Meyers
J. Pace as Noah Analyst #1
Leopold Hughes as Ken Oak
Boris Fionov as Russian Translator
Jelena Stupljanin as Relative #1
Katarina Gojković as Relative #2
Ivona Kustudić as Emily's Aunt
Greg De Cuir as Guest Speaker
Stefan Miloradović as Crest Capital Analyst #3
Abden Asham as Crest Capital Analyst #4
Aleksandar Bimbašić as Crest Capital Analyst #5
Filip Todorovic as Crest Capital Analyst #6
Nenad Stefanovic as Crest Capital Analyst #7
Pei Hua Lu as Crest Capital Analyst #8
Evan Zhao as Crest Capital Analyst #9
Jovana Miletic as Crest Capital Office Secretary
Novica Milosavljević as Russian Client
Ivana Ivić as Human Resources #1
Branimir Cirić as Human Resources #2
Abe Fark as Harris Analyst #2

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 113

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	8	19
4 to 6	10	22
7 to 9	1	2
10 to 12	0	0
13 to 15	2	6
16 to 18	4	20
19 to 21	1	18
22 to 24	7	4
25 to 27	15	21
28 to 30	9	14
31 to 33	7	11
34 to 36	5	22
37 to 39	16	0
40 to 42	14	18
43 to 45	5	2
46 to 48	5	8
49 to 51	17	17
52 to 54	0	0
55 to 57	0	1
58 to 60	8	7
61 to 63	13	12
64 to 66	8	15
67 to 69	0	0
70 to 72	8	9
73 to 75	8	15
76 to 78	15	15
79 to 81	6	14
82 to 84	15	33
85 to 87	16	46
88 to 90	39	20
91 to 93	2	0
94 to 96	16	0
97 to 99	15	24
100 to 102	10	5
103 to 105	41	22
106 to 108	0	0
109 to 111	3	2
112 to 113	26	28

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.

EMILY MOTHER: Do you know what you’re going EMILY: No, I don’t-

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 44 are women's.

375 lines from women, 472 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

10 women and 25 men in the cast. 7 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 873. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 24 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 46% of the words (3,408), men 54% (4,056). Women have 44% 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

5 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Chloe Domont (woman)
Written by: Chloe Domont (woman)
Produced by: Leopold Hughes (man), Ben LeClair (man), Tim White (man), Trevor White (man), Allan Mandelbaum (man)
Shot by: Menno Mans (gender not listed)
Edited by: Franklin Peterson (man)
Music by: Brian McOmber (gender not listed)
Production design by: Steve Summersgill (man)
Costumes by: Kate Forbes (woman)
Cast by: Nicola Chisholm (woman), Bret Howe (man), Mary Vernieu (woman)