Passes the Bechdel test

Luca

Name: Luca
Released: 2021

2021. Directed by Enrico Casarosa, written by Enrico Casarosa and Jesse Andrews and Simon Stephenson.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
13 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 97.
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, though someone marked that rating as dubious.

The film

A 13-year-old boy experiences an unforgettable seaside summer on the Italian Riviera filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: he is a sea monster from another world just below the ocean's surface.

Released: 18 Jun 2021
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: PG
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Metascore: 71 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 83 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Luca 252 lines, man
Alberto 202 lines, man
Giulia 142 lines, woman
Ercole 87 lines, man
Daniela 48 lines, woman
Massimo 40 lines, man
Lorenzo 29 lines, man
Signora Marsigliese 12 lines, woman
Giacomo 9 lines, man
Grandma 9 lines, woman

Full cast, 37 people

Jacob Tremblay as Luca Paguro (voice)
Jack Dylan Grazer as Alberto Scorfano (voice)
Emma Berman as Giulia Marcovaldo (voice)
Saverio Raimondo as Ercole Visconti (voice)
Maya Rudolph as Daniela Paguro (voice)
Marco Barricelli as Massimo Marcovaldo (voice)
Jim Gaffigan as Lorenzo Paguro (voice)
Peter Sohn as Ciccio (voice)
Lorenzo Crisci as Guido (voice)
Marina Massironi as Signora Marsigliese (voice)
Gino La Monica as Tomasso (Old Fisherman) (voice)
Sandy Martin as Grandma Paguro (voice)
Giacomo Gianniotti as Giacomo (Young Fisherman) (voice)
Elisa Gabrielli as Concetta Aragosta (voice)
Mimi Maynard as Pinuccia Aragosta (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen as Uncle Ugo (voice)
Francesca Fanti as Maggiore (Cop) (voice)
Jonathan Nichols-Navarro as Priest (voice)
Enrico Casarosa as Card Player / Angry Fisherman (voice)
Jim Pirri as Mr. Branzino (voice)
Arturo Sorino as Additional Voices (voice)
Alberto Vannini as Luca Paguro (voice - IT)
Luca Tesei as Alberto Scorfano (voice - IT)
Sara Ciocca as Giulia Marcovaldo (voice - IT)
Ilaria Stagni as Daniela Paguro (voice - IT)
Massimo Corvo as Massimo Marcovaldo (voice - IT)
Luca Argentero as Lorenzo Paguro (voice - IT)
Ludovica Modugno as Nonna Paguro (voice - IT)
Ezzedine Ben Nekissa as Ciccio (voice - IT)
Paolo Marchese as Zio Ugo (voice - IT)
Fabio Fazio as Don Eugenio (voice - IT)
Orietta Berti as Concetta Aragosta (voice - IT)
Luciana Littizzetto as Pinuccia Aragosta (voice - IT)
Micaela Incitti as Maggiore (voice - IT)
Michele Botrugno as Giocatore di carte (voice - IT)
Alberto Surace as Pescatore arrabbiato (voice - IT)
Luca Josi as Sig. Branzino (voice - IT)

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 97

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	10
4 to 6	2	12
7 to 9	14	36
10 to 12	0	9
13 to 15	0	29
16 to 18	5	28
19 to 21	0	15
22 to 24	0	0
25 to 27	0	1
28 to 30	0	0
31 to 33	0	2
34 to 36	0	43
37 to 39	7	23
40 to 42	0	15
43 to 45	0	2
46 to 48	47	95
49 to 51	10	12
52 to 54	5	16
55 to 57	25	31
58 to 60	5	5
61 to 63	17	33
64 to 66	11	19
67 to 69	1	27
70 to 72	0	0
73 to 75	0	0
76 to 78	2	1
79 to 81	4	3
82 to 84	10	15
85 to 87	14	46
88 to 90	0	4
91 to 93	4	27
94 to 96	27	75
97 to 97	9	25

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.

GIULIA: That's just Signora Marsigliese. She works for the sponsor for the race. This is gonna take forever. SIGNORA MARSIGLIESE: The finest pasta in Liguria. At a price every family can afford!-- SIGNORA MARSIGLIESE: Enthusiasm. Love to see it. To win my famous race, your team must be the first to: Brave the treacherous waters of the bay!! Devour a myster…

GIULIA: HA HA! Luca! Bravo, we did it! GIULIA: Giulia Marcovaldo! SIGNORA MARSIGLIESE: Ciao, Giulia. Team of one? GIULIA: Not today!

SIGNORA MARSIGLIESE: You can if you want--I don’t recommend it-- GIULIA: But--how are you gonna--I mean-- what happens when--YOU CAN'T SWIM!!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.

219 lines from women, 659 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

13 women and 19 men in the cast. 4 women and 17 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 22 of 909. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 76 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 29% of the words (1,971), men 71% (4,847). Women have 25% 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

4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Enrico Casarosa (man)
Written by: Mike Jones (man), Jesse Andrews (man)
Story by: Enrico Casarosa (man), Jesse Andrews (man), Simon Stephenson (man)
Produced by: Andrea Warren (woman)
Shot by: Kim White (woman), David Juan Bianchi (man)
Edited by: Jason Hudak (man), Catherine Apple (woman)
Music by: Dan Romer (man)
Production design by: Daniela Strijleva (gender not listed)
Cast by: Natalie Lyon (woman), Kevin Reher (man)