Fails the Bechdel test
Killing Zoe
1993. Directed by Roger Avary, written by Roger Avary.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
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
Zed has only just arrived in the beautiful Paris and already he's up to no good. Having just slept with a call girl, he spends a night on the town with his dangerous friends. They all decide to rob a bank the following day. There's only one problem: Zed's call-girl, Zoe, just happens to work at the bank which is to be robbed!
- Released
- 01 Sep 1994
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 49 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Eric 271 lines, man
- Zed 190 lines, man
- Zoey 64 lines, woman
- Oliver 62 lines, man
- Claude 47 lines, man
- Jean 27 lines, man
- Ricardo 23 lines, man
- Cab Driver 19 lines, man
- Bank Manager 11 lines
- Bellboy 8 lines, man
Full cast, 17 people
- Eric Stoltz as Zed
- Julie Delpy as Zoe
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Eric
- Tai Thai as François
- Bruce Ramsay as Ricardo
- Kario Salem as Jean
- Salvator Xuereb as Claude
- Gary Kemp as Oliver
- Martin Raymond as Cab Driver
- Eric Pascal Chaltiel as Bellboy
- Cecilia Peck as Martina
- Ron Jeremy as Concierge (as Ron Jeremy Hyatt)
- Gladys Holland as Sub Lobby Teller
- Kimberly Beck as Woman Customer
- Djimon Hounsou as Moïse (voice)
- Annette Goodman as Bank Teller (uncredited)
- Gérard Bonn as Assistant Bank Manager
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 103
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| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 to 9 | 47 | 45 |
| 10 to 12 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 57 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 16 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 12 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 28 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 12 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 57 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 16 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 12 |
| 43 to 45 | 2 | 16 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 14 |
| 49 to 51 | 2 | 25 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 16 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 63 | 2 | 49 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 19 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 33 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 12 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 29 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 17 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 7 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 21 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 10 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 2 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 19 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 4 |
| 97 to 99 | 3 | 4 |
| 100 to 102 | 5 | 24 |
| 103 to 103 | 4 | 3 |
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, 10 are women's.
77 lines from women, 664 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 11 men in the cast. 4 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 39 of 764.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 262 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (691), men 90% (5,915).
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
65
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 7 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Roger Avary (man)
- Written by
- Roger Avary (man)
- Produced by
- Samuel Hadida (man)
- Shot by
- Tom Richmond (man)
- Edited by
- Kathryn Himoff (woman)
- Music by
- tomandandy (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- David Wasco (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
2 women, 3 men
-
Production
0 women, 3 men
-
Art
0 women, 2 men
-
Directing
0 women, 2 men
-
Sound
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 32 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Julie Delpy 23
Men
Bruce Ramsay 26, Salvator Xuereb 27, Eric Stoltz 32, Gary Kemp 33, Jean-Hugues Anglade 38, Kario Salem 38
Exhibit G: the money
It made 28% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $1.5 million
- Box office
- $418,961
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 103 scenes and 764 lines of dialogue. How the test works
