Passes the Bechdel test
Midnight in Paris
2011. Directed by Woody Allen, written by Woody Allen.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 70. -
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
Gil and Inez travel to Paris as a tag-along vacation on her parents' business trip. Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and thinks he and Inez should move there after they get married, but Inez does not share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the 1920s were the golden age. When Inez goes off dancing with her friends, Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration for writing. Gil's daily walks at midnight in Paris could take him closer to the heart of the city but further from the woman he's about to marry.
- Released
- 10 Jun 2011
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 104 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gil 278 lines, man
- Inez 130 lines, woman
- Adriana 78 lines, woman
- Helen 41 lines, woman
- Hemingway 38 lines, man
- Paul 34 lines, man
- John 24 lines, man
- Stein 24 lines
- Guide 22 lines, woman
- Zelda 22 lines, woman
Full cast, 43 people
- Owen Wilson as Gil
- Rachel McAdams as Inez
- Kathy Bates as Gertrude Stein
- Kurt Fuller as John
- Adrien Brody as Salvador Dalí
- Carla Bruni as Museum Guide
- Marion Cotillard as Adriana
- Michael Sheen as Paul
- Nina Arianda as Carol
- Tom Hiddleston as F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Mimi Kennedy as Helen
- Alison Pill as Zelda Fitzgerald
- Léa Seydoux as Gabrielle
- Corey Stoll as Ernest Hemingway
- Maurice Sonnenberg as Man at Wine Tasting
- Thierry Hancisse as 1920's Partygoer
- Guillaume Gouix as 1920's Partygoer
- Audrey Fleurot as 1920's Partygoer
- Marie-Sohna Condé as 1920's Partygoer
- Yves Heck as Cole Porter
- Sonia Rolland as Joséphine Baker
- Daniel Lundh as Juan Belmonte
- Laurent Spielvogel as Antiques Dealer
- Thérèse Bourou-Rubinsztein as Alice B. Toklas
- Marcial Di Fonzo Bo as Pablo Picasso
- Emmanuelle Uzan as Djuna Barnes
- Tom Cordier as Man Ray
- Adrien de Van as Luis Buñuel
- Serge Bagdassarian as Détective Duluc
- Gad Elmaleh as Détective Tisserant
- David Lowe as T.S. Eliot
- Atmen Kelif as Hotel Doctor
- Yves-Antoine Spoto as Henri Matisse
- Laurent Claret as Leo Stein
- Sava Lolov as Belle Époque Couple
- Karine Vanasse as Belle Époque Couple
- Catherine Benguigui as Maxim's Hostess
- Vincent Menjou Cortes as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Olivier Rabourdin as Paul Gauguin
- François Rostain as Edgar Degas
- Marianne Basler as Versailles Royalty
- Michel Vuillermoz as Versailles Royalty
- Kenneth Edelson as Guest at Maxims (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 70
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 to 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 to 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 to 8 | 17 | 19 |
| 9 to 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 to 12 | 23 | 11 |
| 13 to 14 | 16 | 21 |
| 15 to 16 | 10 | 8 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 to 22 | 7 | 17 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 7 | 65 |
| 27 to 28 | 19 | 12 |
| 29 to 30 | 4 | 6 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 to 34 | 14 | 23 |
| 35 to 36 | 12 | 7 |
| 37 to 38 | 5 | 10 |
| 39 to 40 | 11 | 8 |
| 41 to 42 | 4 | 5 |
| 43 to 44 | 18 | 12 |
| 45 to 46 | 10 | 36 |
| 47 to 48 | 7 | 8 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 6 |
| 51 to 52 | 3 | 5 |
| 53 to 54 | 5 | 6 |
| 55 to 56 | 46 | 31 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 3 | 13 |
| 61 to 62 | 8 | 6 |
| 63 to 64 | 3 | 1 |
| 65 to 66 | 27 | 31 |
| 67 to 68 | 16 | 20 |
| 69 to 70 | 8 | 11 |
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.
INEZ: What? CAROL: What are you doing tomorrow? We're driving to Versailles. INEZ: I'm dying to see Versailles.
CAROL: Where are you two planning to live after the wedding? INEZ: We're looking in Malibu. We love where you live.
HELEN: And don't forget - we're taking you to dinner tonight at . INEZ: Great.
HELEN: Yes - I want the hotel doctor - suite 818. INEZ: Why are you so dressed up?
INEZ: That's just it, they're too simple. HELEN: I agree. INEZ: Hey - where are my art nouveau earrings?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 43 are women's.
321 lines from women, 430 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
14 women and 23 men in the cast. 7 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 812.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 47 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 39% of the words (4,072), men 61% (6,246). Women have 43% 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
24
Two men
24
Exhibit F: behind the camera
6 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 43% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Woody Allen (man)
- Written by
- Woody Allen (man)
- Produced by
- Letty Aronson (woman), Jaume Roures (man), Stephen Tenenbaum (man)
- Shot by
- Darius Khondji (man)
- Edited by
- Alisa Lepselter (woman)
- Production design by
- Anne Seibel (woman)
- Costumes by
- Sonia Grande (woman)
- Cast by
- Stéphane Foenkinos (man), Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto (woman), Juliet Taylor (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Art
3 women, 3 men, 20 not listed
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Production
7 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Editing
3 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 40 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Nina Arianda 26, Rachel McAdams 32, Marion Cotillard 35, Carla Bruni 43, Kathy Bates 62
Men
Tom Hiddleston 30, Adrien Brody 38, Owen Wilson 42, Michael Sheen 42, Kurt Fuller 57
Exhibit H: the money
It made 8.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $151 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 70 scenes and 812 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
