Passes the Bechdel test
Leave No Trace
2018. Directed by Debra Granik, written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini and Peter Rock.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 151. -
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
Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey back to their wild homeland. The film is directed by Debra Granik from a script adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini.
- Released
- 29 Jun 2018
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 88 / 100
- Awards
- 18 wins & 92 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tom 271 lines, woman
- Will 176 lines, man
- Jean 73 lines, woman
- Mr. Walters 22 lines, man
- Valerie 21 lines, woman
- Dale 18 lines, woman
- Isaiah 16 lines
- Blane 11 lines, man
- Police 10 lines
- Larry 9 lines, man
Full cast, 27 people
- Thomasin McKenzie as Tom
- Ben Foster as Will
- Jeff Kober as Mr. Walters
- Dale Dickey as Dale
- Dana Millican as Jean
- Alyssa McKay as Valerie
- David Pittman as Blane
- Bob Werfelman as Bob
- Isaiah Stone as Isaiah
- Michael J. Prosser as James
- Derek John Drescher as Larry
- Susan Chernik as Susan
- Ryan Joiner as Tiffany
- Derek Carmon as Detective
- Tamera Westlake as Devotional Dancer
- Jacob Johnson as 4H Coach
- Erik McGlothlin as K-9 Officer
- Marisa Anderson as Musician at Party
- Michael Hurley as Musician at Party
- Spencer S. Hanley as Pastor
- Peter Simpson as Police Officer
- Michael Draper as Runner
- Zoë Dotson as Teen Girl Traveler
- Art Hickman as Truck Driver
- Jeffery Rifflard as Vet at VA
- Ayanna Berkshire as Dr. Berkshire (uncredited)
- Mike Harris as Bus Rider (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 151
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 to 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 9 to 12 | 9 | 8 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 to 24 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 to 28 | 5 | 6 |
| 29 to 32 | 6 | 7 |
| 33 to 36 | 29 | 8 |
| 37 to 40 | 47 | 5 |
| 41 to 44 | 40 | 7 |
| 45 to 48 | 19 | 1 |
| 49 to 52 | 5 | 3 |
| 53 to 56 | 14 | 25 |
| 57 to 60 | 7 | 6 |
| 61 to 64 | 15 | 8 |
| 65 to 68 | 24 | 9 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 76 | 15 | 5 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 3 |
| 81 to 84 | 7 | 13 |
| 85 to 88 | 11 | 5 |
| 89 to 92 | 4 | 1 |
| 93 to 96 | 4 | 14 |
| 97 to 100 | 4 | 13 |
| 101 to 104 | 8 | 13 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 3 |
| 109 to 112 | 11 | 12 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 to 120 | 8 | 0 |
| 121 to 124 | 6 | 0 |
| 125 to 128 | 16 | 5 |
| 129 to 132 | 7 | 2 |
| 133 to 136 | 18 | 13 |
| 137 to 140 | 15 | 4 |
| 141 to 144 | 9 | 3 |
| 145 to 148 | 9 | 5 |
| 149 to 151 | 9 | 7 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JEAN: A few groceries to get you started. Do you like it? TOM: It’s nice. JEAN: We thought you could use some new clothes for school.
TOM: I need some help. DALE: They friends of yours?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 63 are women's.
397 lines from women, 236 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 5 men in the cast. 4 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 682.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 14 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 60% of the words (3,267), men 40% (2,155). Women have 63% 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
18
Two men
6
Exhibit F: behind the camera
8 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 50% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Debra Granik (woman)
- Written by
- Anne Rosellini (woman), Debra Granik (woman)
- Produced by
- Anne Rosellini (woman), Anne Harrison (woman), Linda Reisman (woman)
- Shot by
- Michael McDonough (man)
- Edited by
- Jane Rizzo (woman)
- Music by
- Dickon Hinchliffe (man)
- Production design by
- Chad Keith (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Erin Aldridge Orr (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
4 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 1 men
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Writing
2 women, 0 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Thomasin McKenzie 17, Alyssa McKay 18, Dale Dickey 56
Men
Ben Foster 37, Jeff Kober 64
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 151 scenes and 682 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
