Fails the Bechdel test
Quantum Project
2000. Directed by Eugenio Zanetti, written by David Aaron Cohen and Francis Glebas.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Quantum Project is the story of physicist and prodigy Paul Pentcho (Stephen Dorff), whose exploration of the quantum universe leads him on a collision course with life, destiny, and true love.
- Released
- 05 May 2000
- Genres
- Short, Adventure, Drama
- IMDb
- 5.9 / 10
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Pentcho 56 lines, man
- Mia 32 lines, woman
- Alexander 18 lines, man
- Will 8 lines
- Voice 7 lines
- Jacque 4 lines
- Woman 4 lines, woman
- Arlette 3 lines, woman
- Guide 3 lines
- On Pentcho 3 lines, man
Full cast, 9 people
- Stephen Dorff as Paul Pentcho
- Fay Masterson as Mia
- John Cleese as Alexander Pentcho
- Russell Brown as Will
- Wendy Worthington as Arlette
- Robert Rigamonti as Jacque
- Alan Allen as Cern Guide
- Margot Demeter as Young streetwalker
- Anthony Wong as Street peddler
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 22% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 55
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 to 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 to 22 | 7 | 9 |
| 23 to 24 | 18 | 22 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 24 |
| 39 to 40 | 2 | 1 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 7 | 7 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 to 55 | 0 | 0 |
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, 34 are women's.
41 lines from women, 78 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 2 men in the cast. 2 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 152.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 29 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 27% of the words (249), men 73% (674). Women have 34% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
0
Two men
4
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 7 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Eugenio Zanetti (man)
- Written by
- David Aaron Cohen (man), Francis Glebas (man)
- Produced by
- Stephen Deutsch (man)
- Shot by
- Robert Primes (man)
- Edited by
- Jay Nelson (man)
- Music by
- Emilio Kauderer (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
0 women, 2 men
-
Writing
0 women, 2 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
-
Sound
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Fay Masterson 26, Margot Demeter 29, Wendy Worthington 45
Men
Stephen Dorff 26, John Cleese 60
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 55 scenes and 152 lines of dialogue. How the test works
