Passes the Bechdel test
Maestro
2023. Directed by Bradley Cooper, written by Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
25 women characters. 15 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 7 scenes out of 99. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Maestro will tell the complex love story of Leonard and Felicia, a story that spans over 30 years-from the time they met in 1946 at a party and continuing through two engagements, a 25 year marriage, and three children: Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein and Nina Bernstein Simmons.
- Released
- 20 Dec 2023
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 77 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 7 Oscars. 29 wins & 180 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lb 323 lines, man
- Felicia 215 lines, woman
- Jamie 40 lines, woman
- Shirley 29 lines, woman
- Tommy 24 lines, man
- Cynthia 15 lines, woman
- Mendy 15 lines, man
- David 13 lines, man
- Gruen 12 lines, man
- Murrow 10 lines
Full cast, 64 people
- Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre
- Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein
- Matt Bomer as David Oppenheim
- Vincenzo Amato as Bruno Zirato
- Greg Hildreth as Isaac
- Michael Urie as Jerry Robbins
- Brian Klugman as Aaron Copeland
- Nick Blaemire as Adolph Green
- Mallory Portnoy as Betty Comden
- Alexandra Santini as Claudio's Guest #1
- Jarrod LaBine as Claudio's Guest #2
- Sarah Silverman as Shirley Bernstein
- Kate Eastman as Ellen Adler
- William Hill as Joseph the Janitor
- Valéry Lessard as Younger Actress
- Renée Stork as Older Actress
- Tim Rogan as Richard Hart
- Sara Sanderson as Lil Hart
- Yasen Peyankov as Serge Koussevitzky
- Julia Aku as Olga
- Benjamin Freemantle as Sailor
- Harrison Coll as Sailor
- Sebastian Villarini-Velez as Sailor
- Dario Natarelli as Sailor
- Ryan Steele as Sailor
- Ricky Ubeda as Sailor
- Carlos Sánchez Falú as Bartender
- Jeanette Delgado as Fancy Free Woman
- Sara Esty as Fancy Free Woman
- Ahmad Simmons as NYC Pedestrian Man Dancer
- Kyle Coffman as NYC Pedestrian Man Dancer
- Byron Tittle as NYC Pedestrian Man Dancer
- Yesenia Ayala as NYC Pedestrian Woman Dancer
- Skye Mattox as NYC Pedestrian Woman Dancer
- Halli Toland as NYC Pedestrian Woman Dancer
- Leigh-Ann Esty as NYC Pedestrian Woman Dancer
- Gaby Diaz as NYC Pedestrian Woman Dancer
- Tanairi Sade Vazquez as NYC Pedestrian Woman Dancer
- Lea Cooper as Little Jamie
- Soledad Campos as Julia Vega
- Zachary Booth as Mendy Wager
- Miriam Shor as Cynthia O'Neal
- Maya Hawke as Jamie Bernstein
- James Cusati-Moyer as Georgie
- John Kroft as Young Man
- Scott Drummond as Scott
- Gideon Glick as Tommy Cothran
- Josh Hamilton as John Gruen
- June Gable as Old Lady
- Sam Nivola as Alexander Bernstein
- Alexa Swinton as Nina Bernstein
- Mike Mitarotondo as Bellhop
- Colin Anderson as Stage Manager
- Kevin Thompson as Director
- Rosa Feola as Ely Soloist #1
- Isabel Leonard as Ely Soloist #2
- Miller Bugliari as Miller
- Atika Greene as Nurse
- Bernard Kruger as Dr. Kruger
- Gabe Fazio as Willard the Assistant
- Jordan Dobson as William
- Oscar Pavlo as Claudio Arrau (uncredited)
- Booch O'Connell as Keg Girl (uncredited)
- Scott Ellis as Harry Kraut
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 99
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 to 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 to 18 | 31 | 32 |
| 19 to 21 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 13 | 18 |
| 25 to 27 | 30 | 38 |
| 28 to 30 | 4 | 20 |
| 31 to 33 | 4 | 9 |
| 34 to 36 | 10 | 8 |
| 37 to 39 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 20 | 37 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 12 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 38 |
| 52 to 54 | 11 | 13 |
| 55 to 57 | 24 | 29 |
| 58 to 60 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 20 | 18 |
| 70 to 72 | 11 | 24 |
| 73 to 75 | 48 | 7 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 to 81 | 10 | 13 |
| 82 to 84 | 29 | 19 |
| 85 to 87 | 5 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 12 | 8 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 27 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 3 |
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.
FELICIA LB: You are! Where am I going? FELICIA: Here, stand there. Not this one.
FELICIA: No, you really do -- LB I tried to become Hercules. LB FELICIA: I'm gonna steal mommy's shoes! Now I've got your shoes!
NINA: Here, we have, here, let me check. JAMIE: We've got three shades of the exact same red that everyone else is convinced is NINA different. It's not the exact same red! JAMIE NINA: This one, apparently, is blue. Here, I'm going to try... I'm going to do stripes.
FELICIA LB: What? That was quite a stunt that you pulled. FELICIA: What do you mean?
FELICIA: Well, I just forgot how much I love being at work! We're almost finished. CYNTHIA: Oh, the reservation can wait, this is such a hoot, really.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 42 are women's.
322 lines from women, 436 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
25 women and 29 men in the cast. 15 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 43 of 795.
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 38% of the words (3,405), men 62% (5,638). Women have 42% 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
22
Two men
19
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 34% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Bradley Cooper (man)
- Written by
- Bradley Cooper (man), Josh Singer (man)
- Produced by
- Fred Berner (man), Martin Scorsese (man), Bradley Cooper (man), Kristie Macosko Krieger (woman), Steven Spielberg (man), Amy Durning (woman)
- Shot by
- Matthew Libatique (man)
- Edited by
- Michelle Tesoro (woman)
- Production design by
- Kevin Thompson (man)
- Costumes by
- Mark Bridges (man)
- Cast by
- Shayna Markowitz (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Costume & Make-Up
14 women, 9 men, 20 not listed
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Production
12 women, 11 men, 10 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 10 men, 19 not listed
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Art
4 women, 8 men, 16 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 17 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 9 men, 12 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 47 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Carey Mulligan 38
Men
Greg Hildreth 40, Michael Urie 43, Matt Bomer 46, Bradley Cooper 48, Brian Klugman 48, Vincenzo Amato 57
Exhibit H: the money
It made 0% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $80 million
- Box office
- $300,000
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 99 scenes and 795 lines of dialogue. How the test works
