Passes the Bechdel test

Pan's Labyrinth

Name: Pan's Labyrinth
Released: 2007

2007. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, written by Guillermo del Toro.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
7 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 123.
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

In 1944 Falangist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again.

Released: 19 Jan 2007
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, War
Rated: R
IMDb: 8.2 / 10
Metascore: 98 / 100
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 109 wins & 115 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Vidal 129 lines, man
Ofelia 82 lines, woman
Mercedes 58 lines, woman
Carmen 49 lines, woman
Faun 42 lines
Doctor 33 lines
Narrator 10 lines, man
Serrano 9 lines, man
Capitan 8 lines, man
Stutter 7 lines, man

Full cast, 31 people

Ivana Baquero as Ofelia
Sergi López as Capitán Vidal
Maribel Verdú as Mercedes
Doug Jones as Fauno / Pale Man
Ariadna Gil as Carmen
Álex Angulo as Dr. Ferreiro
Roger Casamajor as Pedro
Manolo Solo as Garcés
César Vea as Serrano
Ivan Massagué as El Tarta
Gonzalo Uriarte as Francés
Eusebio Lázaro as Padre
Francisco Vidal as Sacerdote
Juanjo Cucalón as Alcalde
Lina Mira as Esposa del alcalde
Mario Zorrilla as Jefe de botiquín
Sebastián Haro as Capitán Guardia Civil
Mila Espiga as Esposa del doctor
Pepa Pedroche as Conchita
Lalá Gatóo as Jacinta
Ana Sáez as Paz
Chani Martín as Trigo
Milo Taboada as Joven
Fernando Albizu as Maquinista
Pedro G. Marzo as Encargado
José Luis Torrijo as Sargento Bayona
Íñigo Garcés as Joven Guerrillero
Fernando Tielve as Joven Guerrillero 2
Federico Luppi as Rey
Chicho Campillo as Anciano
Pablo Adán as Narrator / Fauno (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 123

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	8
4 to 6	15	9
7 to 9	11	6
10 to 12	20	0
13 to 15	2	21
16 to 18	12	0
19 to 21	12	4
22 to 24	7	0
25 to 27	14	1
28 to 30	3	10
31 to 33	5	0
34 to 36	3	5
37 to 39	4	1
40 to 42	2	9
43 to 45	14	7
46 to 48	1	3
49 to 51	2	1
52 to 54	13	0
55 to 57	2	5
58 to 60	2	1
61 to 63	1	0
64 to 66	0	0
67 to 69	3	5
70 to 72	3	1
73 to 75	0	11
76 to 78	4	2
79 to 81	0	0
82 to 84	5	17
85 to 87	0	7
88 to 90	1	2
91 to 93	15	5
94 to 96	0	5
97 to 99	6	9
100 to 102	8	2
103 to 105	2	13
106 to 108	3	0
109 to 111	1	10
112 to 114	0	0
115 to 117	4	0
118 to 120	2	4
121 to 123	2	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.

CARMEN: You'll look like a princess OFELIA: ...a princess...

MERCEDES: Make sure those chickens are cleaned properly... and the beans... CONCHITA: You look marvelous, my girl, just gorgeous. JACINTA: What a dress!! MERCEDES: Get back to work, stop wasting time.

CARMEN: Have you checked in her room?? And the garden?? MERCEDES: Yes, madam.

OFELIA: No! Nooo! CARMEN: Please, leave her be!

CARMEN: Ofelia, what is this doing under the bed? OFELIA: It's a magic root the Faun gave me!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 52 are women's.

204 lines from women, 187 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

7 women and 21 men in the cast. 6 women and 6 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 9 of 480. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 28 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 49% of the words (1,590), men 51% (1,634). Women have 52% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 34% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro (man)
Written by: Guillermo del Toro (man)
Produced by: Guillermo del Toro (man), Álvaro Augustín (man), Alfonso Cuarón (man), Bertha Navarro (woman), Frida Torresblanco (woman)
Shot by: Guillermo Navarro (man)
Edited by: Bernat Vilaplana (man)
Music by: Javier Navarrete (man)
Production design by: Eugenio Caballero (man)
Costumes by: Lala Huete (woman)
Cast by: Sara Bilbatúa (woman)