Fails the Bechdel test
Foe
2023. Directed by Garth Davis, written by Iain Reid and Garth Davis.
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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Henrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Will they risk their relationship and personal identity for a chance to survive in a new world?
- Released
- 07 Nov 2023
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 44 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Hen 249 lines, woman
- Terrance 249 lines, man
- Junior 241 lines, man
- Jr 28 lines
- Henrietta 10 lines
- Celebrant 1 lines
- Man 1 lines, man
Full cast, 23 people
- Paul Mescal as Junior
- Saoirse Ronan as Hen
- Aaron Pierre as Terrence
- Jordan Chodziesner as Formal Escort 1
- William Freeman as Formal Escort 2
- Jalen Ong as Computer Technician 1
- Patrick Williams as Computer Technician 2
- David Woods as VIP 1
- Yesse Spence as VIP 2
- Shamita Sivabalan as VIP 3
- Gavin Coleman as Runner
- Shannon Berry as Waitress
- Nell Feeney as Tailing Waitress
- Trevor Major as Wedding Guest
- Jasper Bagg as Diner
- Sancia Robinson as Ordering Diner
- Goran D. Kleut as Smoking Man by the Tree
- Travis McMahon as Lunch Room Co-Worker
- Alessandro Guerrera as Lunch Room Co-Worker 2
- Tony Ghosthawk as Celebrant
- Chris Fagan as Corporate Diner
- Nick Downing as Assailant
- George George as Anesthetist
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 118
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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 | 29 | 94 |
| 10 to 12 | 12 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 to 21 | 9 | 9 |
| 22 to 24 | 17 | 20 |
| 25 to 27 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 to 30 | 25 | 35 |
| 31 to 33 | 1 | 6 |
| 34 to 36 | 11 | 49 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 2 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 5 |
| 46 to 48 | 14 | 6 |
| 49 to 51 | 11 | 19 |
| 52 to 54 | 13 | 53 |
| 55 to 57 | 2 | 10 |
| 58 to 60 | 11 | 39 |
| 61 to 63 | 12 | 6 |
| 64 to 66 | 9 | 5 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 5 | 7 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 35 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 to 84 | 12 | 18 |
| 85 to 87 | 10 | 23 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 1 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 99 | 29 | 17 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 13 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 0 |
| 118 to 118 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 34 are women's.
249 lines from women, 491 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 10 men in the cast. 1 women and 1 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 779.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 42 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (1,885), men 70% (4,370). Women have 34% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
39
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Garth Davis (man)
- Written by
- Iain Reid (man), Garth Davis (man)
- Produced by
- Kerry Kohansky-Roberts (woman), Garth Davis (man), Emile Sherman (man), Iain Canning (man)
- Shot by
- Mátyás Erdély (man)
- Edited by
- Peter Sciberras (man)
- Music by
- Oliver Coates (man), Park Jiha (woman), Agnes Obel (woman)
- Production design by
- Patrice Vermette (man)
- Costumes by
- Alice Babidge (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Francine Maisler (woman), Kirsty McGregor (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
5 women, 9 men, 6 not listed
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Production
7 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
-
Visual Effects
1 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 28 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Saoirse Ronan 29
Men
Paul Mescal 27, Aaron Pierre 29
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 118 scenes and 779 lines of dialogue. How the test works
