Fails the Bechdel test
Pain and Glory
2019. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, written by Pedro Almodóvar.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
The protagonist of "Pain and Glory" was at the decline of his career. The man involuntarily looks back into the past, and a stream of vivid memories falls upon him. He recalls such moments from his youth as tender feelings for his mother, love and separation, the search for happiness and success. All this leads the master of cinema to important thoughts about life and art, because this is the most important thing for him.
- Released
- 04 Oct 2019
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 87 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 72 wins & 179 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Salvador 240 lines, man
- Alberto 96 lines, man
- Mother 63 lines, woman
- Mercedes 51 lines, woman
- Federico 46 lines, man
- Eduardo 27 lines, man
- Jacinta 27 lines, woman
- Dr. Galindo 21 lines, man
- Salvador Child 16 lines, man
- Father 14 lines, man
Full cast, 31 people
- Antonio Banderas as Salvador Mallo
- Asier Etxeandia as Alberto Crespo
- Leonardo Sbaraglia as Federico Delgado
- Nora Navas as Mercedes
- Julieta Serrano as Old Jacinta
- Penélope Cruz as Jacinta
- César Vicente as Eduardo
- Asier Flores as Young Salvador
- Cecilia Roth as Zulema
- Susi Sánchez as Pious Woman from Paterna
- Raúl Arévalo as Venancio Mallo
- Pedro Casablanc as Dr. A. Galindo
- Julián López as Presenter
- Eva Martín as Radiologist
- Sara Sierra as Conchita
- Constancia Céspedes
- Rosalía as Laundress Rosita
- Marisol Muriel as Laundress Mari
- Paqui Horcajo as Laundress Mercedes
- Alba Gómez
- Xavi Sáez as Man at Cinema
- Aline Casagrande
- Luis Calero as Father José María
- Virgil-Henry Mathet as Gallerist
- Chimezie Eke as Drug Dealer
- Esperanza Guardado
- Agustín Almodóvar as Priest at Seminary
- Miguel Rivera
- Eneko Galende as Boy at Seminary
- Fernando Iglesias as Pianist
- Esther García as Auxiliar (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 7
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 to 2 | 27 | 115 |
| 3 to 3 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 to 4 | 44 | 223 |
| 5 to 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 to 6 | 31 | 27 |
| 7 to 7 | 31 | 50 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.
173 lines from women, 495 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 11 men in the cast. 7 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 175 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 (2,296), men 71% (5,685). Women have 26% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
2
Two men
17
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 37% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Pedro Almodóvar (man)
- Written by
- Pedro Almodóvar (man)
- Produced by
- Esther García (woman), Agustín Almodóvar (man)
- Shot by
- José Luis Alcaine (man)
- Edited by
- Teresa Font (woman)
- Music by
- Alberto Iglesias (man)
- Production design by
- Antxón Gómez (man)
- Costumes by
- Paola Torres (woman)
- Cast by
- Yolanda Serrano (woman), Eva Leira (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Art
2 women, 7 men, 14 not listed
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Production
4 women, 3 men, 9 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 6 men, 10 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 0 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Editing
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 60 on average. Men: 50 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Nora Navas 44, Penélope Cruz 44, Cecilia Roth 60, Susi Sánchez 64, Julieta Serrano 86
Men
Asier Etxeandia 43, Leonardo Sbaraglia 48, Antonio Banderas 58
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10.8 million
- Box office
- $37.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 7 scenes and 712 lines of dialogue. How the test works
