Passes the Bechdel test

Hannibal

Name: Hannibal
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Ridley Scott, written by Thomas Harris and David Mamet and Steven Zaillian.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
7 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 64.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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

The film

The final chapter of the Dr. Hannibal Lecter quadrilogy, the murdering cannibal. He is presently in Italy, and works as a curator at a museum. Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore), the F.B.I. Agent who he aided to apprehend a serial killer, was placed in charge of an operation, but when one of her men botches it, she's called to the mat by the Bureau. One high ranking official, Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) has it in for her. But she gets a reprieve because Mason Verger (Gary Oldman), one of Lecter's victims who is looking to get back at Lecter for what Lecter did to him, wants to use Starling to lure him out. When Lecter sends her a note, she learns that he's in Italy, so she asks the Police to keep an eye out for him. But a corrupt Policeman, who wants to get the reward that Verger placed on him, tells Verger where he is, but they fail to get him. Later, Verger decides to frame Starling, which makes Lecter return to the U.S., and the race to get Lecter begins.

Released: 09 Feb 2001
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.8 / 10
Metascore: 57 / 100
Awards: 9 wins & 25 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Starling 257 lines, woman
Pazzi 118 lines, man
Verger 80 lines, man
Fell 63 lines, man
Cordell 61 lines, man
Lechter 48 lines, man
Barney 40 lines, man
Brigham 39 lines, man
Mapp 39 lines, woman
Psychiatrist 36 lines, woman

Full cast, 39 people

Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Julianne Moore as Clarice M. Starling
Gary Oldman as Mason Verger
Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler
Giancarlo Giannini as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
Željko Ivanek as Dr. Cordell Doemling
Frankie Faison as Barney Matthews
Francesca Neri as Allegra Pazzi
Hazelle Goodman as Evelda Drumgo
David Andrews as FBI Agent Pearsall
Francis Guinan as FBI Asst. Director Noonan
James Opher as DEA Agent John Eldridge
Enrico Lo Verso as Gnocco
Ivano Marescotti as Carlo
Fabrizio Gifuni as Matteo
Alex Corrado as Piero
Marco Greco as Tommaso
Robert Rietti as Sogliato
Terry Serpico as Officer Bolton
Boyd Kestner as Special Agent Burke
Peter Shaw as Special Agent John Brigham
Kent Linville as Geoffrey, FBI Mail Boy
Don McManus as Asst. Mayor Benny Holcombe
Harold Ginn as Larkin Wayne, I.A.B.
Ted Koch as BATF Agent Bob Sneed
William Powell-Blair as FBI Agent
Aaron Craig as 'Il Mostro' Detective
Andrea Piedimonte Bodini as Agent Franco Benetti
Ennio Coltorti as Ricci
Mark Margolis as Perfume Expert
Ajay Naidu as Perfume Expert
Kelly Piper as Perfume Expert
Judie Aronson as News Reporter
Derrick Simmons as Evelda Drumgo's Bodyguard
Chuck Jeffreys as Evelda Drumgo's Bodyguard
Gano Grills as Evelda Drumgo's Bodyguard
Giannina Facio as Verger's Fingerprint Technician
Renne Gjoni as FBI Agent Michaels
Roberta Armani as Theatergoer

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 64

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	38	1
3 to 4	25	31
5 to 6	68	28
7 to 8	8	5
9 to 10	15	19
11 to 12	25	11
13 to 14	12	5
15 to 16	2	16
17 to 18	0	18
19 to 20	0	78
21 to 22	36	40
23 to 24	29	3
25 to 26	20	64
27 to 28	4	2
29 to 30	4	24
31 to 32	18	10
33 to 34	0	12
35 to 36	19	15
37 to 38	8	24
39 to 40	4	3
41 to 42	3	6
43 to 44	0	6
45 to 46	0	30
47 to 48	4	5
49 to 50	0	2
51 to 52	4	8
53 to 54	18	6
55 to 56	4	0
57 to 58	16	3
59 to 60	0	37
61 to 62	5	46
63 to 64	22	23

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.

MAPP: You want another drink, honey...? STARLING: I want the same drink. Cause it did me good... but I already drunk it, so, barring that, yes, I would like another. STARLING: B'cause it's one of the few things, in the world, which are effective an'predictable. MAPP: What's that, Baby?

STARLING: Hey, I'm fine. Whaddizit, you, how's your day, our gallant International Neighbors...? MAPP: Look what they put her on... STARLING: No, that is code-word material, that's what that is....

STARLING: Well, that's you see, what I am, kind and feeling. MAPP: You should get Married. STARLING: That's what I should do. Tell me why? MAPP: Because, baby, you're looking to find love in an institution, that's your only chance....

MAPP: Yeah, well, it's a raw wound, innit, you're gonna bump it, every time you turn around... but you know what the trick is...? STARLING: ...not to turn around.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 41 are women's.

411 lines from women, 581 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

7 women and 29 men in the cast. 4 women and 9 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 135 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 40% of the words (4,173), men 60% (6,318). Women have 41% 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

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Ridley Scott (man)
Written by: David Mamet (man), Steven Zaillian (man)
From the novel by: Thomas Harris (man)
Produced by: Martha De Laurentiis (woman), Ridley Scott (man), Dino De Laurentiis (man)
Shot by: John Mathieson (man)
Edited by: Pietro Scalia (man)
Music by: Hans Zimmer (man)
Production design by: Norris Spencer (man)
Costumes by: Janty Yates (woman)
Cast by: Louis DiGiaimo (man)