Passes the Bechdel test
The Hand of God
2021. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Paolo Sorrentino.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 92. -
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
From Academy Award-winning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great Beauty, The Young Pope), comes the story of a boy, Fabietto Schisa, in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s. The Hand of God is a story full of unexpected joys, such as the arrival of football legend Diego Maradona, and an equally unexpected tragedy. Fate plays its part, joy and tragedy intertwine, and Fabietto's future is set in motion. Sorrentino returns to his hometown to tell his most personal story, a tale of fate and family, sports and cinema, love and loss.
- Released
- 15 Dec 2021
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 76 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 32 wins & 66 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Fabietto 187 lines, man
- Saverio 91 lines, man
- Maria 71 lines, woman
- Armando 55 lines, woman
- Baroness Focale 46 lines, woman
- Marchino 42 lines, man
- Capuano 27 lines, man
- Juliette 27 lines
- Patrizia 23 lines, woman
- Daniela 15 lines
Full cast, 21 people
- Filippo Scotti as Fabietto Schisa
- Toni Servillo as Saverio Schisa
- Teresa Saponangelo as Maria Schisa
- Luisa Ranieri as Patrizia
- Marlon Joubert as Marchino Schisa
- Massimiliano Gallo as Franco
- Betti Pedrazzi as Baronessa Focale
- Renato Carpentieri as Alfredo
- Enzo De Caro as San Gennaro
- Sofya Gershevich as Yulia
- Lino Musella as Marriettiello
- Biagio Manna as Armando
- Ciro Capano as Antonio Capuano
- Alessandro Bressanello as Aldo Cavallo
- Birte Berg as Graziella
- Dora Romano as Signora Gentile
- Monica Nappo as Silvana
- Cristiana Dell'Anna as Sorella Armando
- Marina Viro as Dottoressa
- Daniele Vicorito as Diego Maradona
- Alfonso Perugini as Dante Ferretti (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 92
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 to 8 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 to 10 | 36 | 26 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 to 14 | 27 | 48 |
| 15 to 16 | 5 | 14 |
| 17 to 18 | 3 | 13 |
| 19 to 20 | 7 | 19 |
| 21 to 22 | 2 | 9 |
| 23 to 24 | 14 | 17 |
| 25 to 26 | 7 | 31 |
| 27 to 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 to 30 | 11 | 18 |
| 31 to 32 | 4 | 4 |
| 33 to 34 | 8 | 7 |
| 35 to 36 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 to 38 | 7 | 1 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 3 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 to 44 | 5 | 14 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 12 |
| 47 to 48 | 7 | 10 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 6 |
| 51 to 52 | 28 | 17 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 5 |
| 55 to 56 | 13 | 11 |
| 57 to 58 | 3 | 2 |
| 59 to 60 | 10 | 6 |
| 61 to 62 | 5 | 3 |
| 63 to 64 | 7 | 3 |
| 65 to 66 | 3 | 8 |
| 67 to 68 | 1 | 1 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 11 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 9 |
| 75 to 76 | 1 | 10 |
| 77 to 78 | 4 | 6 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 1 |
| 81 to 82 | 12 | 8 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 6 |
| 85 to 86 | 0 | 35 |
| 87 to 88 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 to 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 to 92 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MARIA: Signora Gentile, you’re spilling all over yourself. SIGNORA GENTILE: Fuck off! MARIA: Why don’t you come join the rest of us? SIGNORA GENTILE: Because you people are trash. That’s why!
MARIA: Making use of an elaborate turn of phrase, she says that she holds us in the highest regard. ANNARELLA: Aunt Maria, why didn’t Daniela come? MARIA: She was in the bathroom. We waited for her for two hours. But then we got fed up.
MARIA: What’s wrong, Patrì? PATRIZIA: Let me be, Marì. MARIA: Nenella, you haven’t eaten a thing, not even the peppers. NENELLA: Especially the peppers. I’m doing Weight Watchers.
MARIA: Signora Gentile, are you coming for a swim? SIGNORA GENTILE: Go get yourself a chinotto!
PATRIZIA: They’ll have to go buy more batteries. SIGNORA GENTILE: Don’t look at me. There’s nothing to see.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 36 are women's.
245 lines from women, 431 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 10 men in the cast. 7 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 769.
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 38% of the words (2,672), men 62% (4,366). Women have 36% 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
12
Two men
42
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Paolo Sorrentino (man)
- Written by
- Paolo Sorrentino (man)
- Produced by
- Paolo Sorrentino (man), Lorenzo Mieli (man)
- Shot by
- Daria D'Antonio (woman)
- Edited by
- Cristiano Travaglioli (man)
- Music by
- Lele Marchitelli (man)
- Production design by
- Carmine Guarino (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Mariano Tufano (man)
- Cast by
- Annamaria Sambucco (woman), Massimo Appolloni (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
1 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
-
Production
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 0 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 46 on average. Men: 55 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sofya Gershevich 21, Luisa Ranieri 47, Teresa Saponangelo 48, Betti Pedrazzi 66
Men
Filippo Scotti 21, Massimiliano Gallo 53, Toni Servillo 62, Enzo De Caro 63, Renato Carpentieri 78
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $13.1 million
- Box office
- $167,909
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 92 scenes and 769 lines of dialogue. How the test works
