Passes the Bechdel test

Rust and Bone

Name: Rust and Bone
Released: 2012

2012. Directed by Jacques Audiard, written by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain and Craig Davidson.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
9 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 144.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

After suddenly finding himself face-to-face with a young son he hardly knows, Ali, penniless and friendless, takes refuge with his sister. Meanwhile, he meets a beautiful woman, Stephanie, during a night club brawl. Stephanie trains killer whales at Marineland. When a performance ends in tragedy, a call in the night again brings them together.

Released: 17 May 2012
Genres: Drama, Romance
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Metascore: 73 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards. 32 wins & 73 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Ali 308 lines, man
Stephanie 273 lines, woman
Martial 56 lines, man
Anna 47 lines, woman
Sam 32 lines, man
Louise 26 lines, woman
Richard 22 lines, man
Simon 15 lines, man
Cousin 13 lines
Owner 11 lines

Full cast, 21 people

Marion Cotillard as Stéphanie
Matthias Schoenaerts as Alain 'Ali' van Versch
Armand Verdure as Sam
Céline Sallette as Louise
Corinne Masiero as Anna
Bouli Lanners as Martial
Jean-Michel Correia as Richard
Yannick Choirat as Simon
Mourad Frarema as Foued
Fred Menut as Boss of ELP Sécurité
Duncan Versteegh as Orca Healer
Katia Chaperon as Orca Healer
Catherine Fa as Orca Healer
Andès Lopez Jabois as Orca Healer
Françoise Michaud as Stephanie's Mother
Irina Coito as Aerobics Teacher
Yvon L'Allain as Prosthetist
Fabien Baïardi as Flirtatious in the Nightclub
Pascal Rozand as Dealer
Martine Millar as Anna's Colleague
Océane Cartia as The Babysitter

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, 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 144

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	6
4 to 6	0	5
7 to 9	0	11
10 to 12	14	10
13 to 15	0	3
16 to 18	0	17
19 to 21	17	23
22 to 24	22	29
25 to 27	10	0
28 to 30	3	0
31 to 33	2	8
34 to 36	3	0
37 to 39	5	10
40 to 42	0	18
43 to 45	9	7
46 to 48	23	24
49 to 51	10	6
52 to 54	0	1
55 to 57	9	0
58 to 60	13	0
61 to 63	2	21
64 to 66	17	21
67 to 69	3	9
70 to 72	11	13
73 to 75	5	15
76 to 78	0	15
79 to 81	0	2
82 to 84	35	29
85 to 87	7	8
88 to 90	3	0
91 to 93	14	0
94 to 96	9	9
97 to 99	5	5
100 to 102	4	9
103 to 105	10	18
106 to 108	37	24
109 to 111	0	0
112 to 114	0	6
115 to 117	11	8
118 to 120	2	3
121 to 123	8	0
124 to 126	3	0
127 to 129	8	8
130 to 132	10	0
133 to 135	0	0
136 to 138	0	40
139 to 141	0	0
142 to 144	10	18

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.

STEPHANIE: What... What happened? LOUISE: Tom and Niska... They got in each other's way. Then Louise sees blood spurting from the rips in her diving suit. She tries to find a pressur… STEPHANIE: Stop it, calm down. I'm fine! Her hand searches for something at thigh level, without finding it. She faints.

LOUISE: Help! Help! Please! On the linoleum, two stumps stick out of Stephanie's nightshirt: two thick bandages surround her thighs that look like t… STEPHANIE: My legs! What did you do with my legs? Two nurses arrive. Stephanie is back in bed, the IVs in her arms. Louise rocks her gently. Stephanie'…

LOUISE: Steph! Made up and well-groomed, she looks older than she actually is. Stephanie answers from the bathroom. STEPHANIE: I'm in here! Louise puts the mail on the living room table and enters the bedroom. Stephanie wheels herself out of the bathroom, her hair we… LOUISE: Shit, you're not ready! The appointment is in a half hour! STEPHANIE: It's fine!

STEPHANIE: I can do the seat belt! In front of the open trunk, Louise struggles to fold the wheelchair. LOUISE: Can't you call them to tell them we're going to be late?

STEPHANIE: Or just a plank. A plank with wheels and straps. And irons to move forward with. LOUISE: Can you cut it out? STEPHANIE: What? If I want... LOUISE: I've had enough of your schtick, you hear me?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 44 are women's.

354 lines from women, 459 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

9 women and 12 men in the cast. 4 women and 6 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 23 of 862. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 45 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 45% of the words (4,732), men 55% (5,691). Women have 44% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jacques Audiard (man)
Written by: Thomas Bidegain (man), Jacques Audiard (man)
Produced by: Grégoire Sorlat (man), Jacques Audiard (man), Pascal Caucheteux (man), Martine Cassinelli (woman)
Shot by: Stéphane Fontaine (man)
Edited by: Juliette Welfling (woman)
Music by: Alexandre Desplat (man)
Production design by: Michel Barthélémy (man)
Costumes by: Virginie Montel (woman)
Cast by: Mohamed Belhamar (man), Richard Rousseau (man)