Passes the Bechdel test

Monte Carlo

Name: Monte Carlo
Released: 2011

2011. Directed by Thomas Bezucha, written by Thomas Bezucha and April Blair and Maria Maggenti.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
14 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 28 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

A young woman, her uptight stepsister, and her best friend use their savings for a long-anticipated dream trip to Paris--which turns out to be a big disappointment. When they decide to take a break from their lousy tour and duck into the lobby of a luxury hotel, one of them is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress. Before they get the chance to reveal their true identities, they are wrapped up in misadventures in Monte Carlo.

Released: 01 Jul 2011
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Rated: PG
IMDb: 5.8 / 10
Metascore: 43 / 100
Awards: 6 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Alice 219 lines, woman
Emma 214 lines, woman
Meg 159 lines, woman
Richard 43 lines
Cordelia 42 lines, woman
Jean-Pierre 42 lines
Bernard 30 lines, man
Domenico 23 lines, man
Nikolai 19 lines
Penelope 19 lines

Full cast, 39 people

Selena Gomez as Grace / Cordelia Winthrop Scott
Katie Cassidy as Emma
Leighton Meester as Meg
Cory Monteith as Owen
Andie MacDowell as Pam
Brett Cullen as Robert
Luke Bracey as Riley
Pierre Boulanger as Theo Marchand
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes as Amanda
Valérie Lemercier as Madame Valerie
Joe Camp III as Carl at Diner
Franck de la Personne as Manager at Grand Belle
Máté Haumann as Concierge at Grand Belle
István Göz as Doorman at Grand Belle
Attila Árpa as Security at Grand Belle
Joël Lefrançois as Manager at Le Petite Sommeil
Virág Bárány as Maid at Le Petite Sommeil
Shay Cunliffe as Cashier at Eiffel Tower
Barna Illyés as Paparazzi 1
Dániel Mogács as Paparazzi 2
Gábor Nagypál as Paparazzi 3
Matt Devere as Steward on Jet
Mark Phelan as Man in Bathtub
Christophe Malavoy as Bernard Marchand
Catherine Tate as Alicia Winthrop Scott
Giulio Berruti as Prince Domenico
Bruno Abraham-Kremer as Police Captain
Romain Cottard as Desk Clerk at Hotel de Paris
Arnaud Aldigé as Bellhop at Hotel de Paris
Antal Leisen as Room Service at Hotel de Paris
Richard Rifkin as Auction Bidder 1
Sophie Thompson as Auction Bidder 2
George Mendel as Auction Announcer
Séverine Vasselin as Waitress on Yacht
Vilma Szécsi as Flower Market Woman
Ben O'Brien as Strolling Policeman
Bernadett Kis as Touring Architect (Romania)
Éva Magyar as School Director (Romania)
Kamel Laadaili as French Airport Security (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 19% 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	9	0
5 to 8	28	0
9 to 12	11	1
13 to 16	12	1
17 to 20	4	0
21 to 24	27	2
25 to 28	35	1
29 to 32	30	9
33 to 36	29	3
37 to 40	20	0
41 to 44	12	0
45 to 48	28	7
49 to 52	24	7
53 to 56	12	0
57 to 60	15	11
61 to 64	43	7
65 to 68	18	3
69 to 72	49	4
73 to 76	6	2
77 to 80	5	1
81 to 84	9	2
85 to 88	4	2
89 to 92	1	0
93 to 96	10	3
97 to 100	33	1
101 to 104	1	0
105 to 108	5	0
109 to 112	17	0
113 to 116	10	2
117 to 120	18	0
121 to 124	1	1
125 to 128	23	3
129 to 132	24	5
133 to 136	21	8
137 to 140	12	2
141 to 144	46	17
145 to 148	7	2
149 to 151	3	0

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.

EMMA: There it is! Esprit de Corps! Alice looks to where Emma points, seeing a small sky-blue flag at the end of a long staff held by MADAME VALER… ALICE: Excuse me, are you Madame Valery? ALICE: Hi, my name is Alice Perry-- ALICE: I'm traveling with my friends, Meg Kelly and Emma Lindgard--

ALICE: Oh. Alice turns Meg and Emma around to come back down. DEEDEE: Well, that saved us a climb.

ALICE: Oh! No. Wait. Pardon, Monsieur-- ALICE: Pardon, Madame, but... Madam Valery slowly raises her eyes from Alice's hand. ALICE: I'm sorry, but-- MEG: Are you apologizing?

ALICE: It's called the Pont des Arts because the Louvre was formally known as the Palais des Arts... Madame Valery stops ahead, turning back to tak… MADAME VALERY: People! We must keep together!

DEEDEE: "Point zero. Dez roots dee France." ALICE: It's from right here that all the highway miles in all of France are measured. They also say that if you stand on this exact spot, you are b… MEG: Oh, I'm in! Come on. Everyone! Together, they all step forward, arms entwined, laughing. EMMA: I want a picture! Of all of us! Alice looks up as Emma breaks away, to see Madam Valery leading her dwindling group from the great church. M…

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 86 are women's.

662 lines from women, 107 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

14 women and 23 men in the cast. 6 women and 10 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 949. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 17 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 86% of the words (8,594), men 14% (1,436).

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

8 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 55% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Thomas Bezucha (man)
Written by: Thomas Bezucha (man), Maria Maggenti (woman), April Blair (woman)
From the novel by: Jules Bass (man)
Produced by: Denise Di Novi (woman), Alison Greenspan (woman), Nicole Kidman (woman), Arnon Milchan (man)
Shot by: Jonathan Brown (man)
Edited by: Jeffrey Ford (man)
Music by: Michael Giacchino (man)
Production design by: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski (man)
Costumes by: Shay Cunliffe (woman)
Cast by: Deborah Aquila (woman), Tricia Wood (woman)