Passes the Bechdel test
The Last Station
2010. Directed by Michael Hoffman, written by Michael Hoffman and Jay Parini.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 126. -
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
The Countess Sofya Andreevna Tolstoy (Dame Helen Mirren), wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
- Released
- 26 Feb 2010
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 76 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 18 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Valentin 190 lines, man
- Sofya 171 lines, woman
- Tolstoy 146 lines, man
- Chertkov 99 lines, man
- Sasha 80 lines, woman
- Masha 63 lines, woman
- Dushan 43 lines, man
- Sergeyenko 21 lines, man
- Andrey 9 lines, man
- Ivan 6 lines, man
Full cast, 12 people
- Helen Mirren as Sofya Tolstoya
- Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy
- Paul Giamatti as Vladimir Chertkov
- James McAvoy as Valentin Bulgakov
- John Sessions as Dushan
- Patrick Kennedy as Sergeyenko
- Kerry Condon as Masha
- Anne-Marie Duff as Sasha Tolstoy
- Tomas Spencer as Andrey Tolstoy
- David Masterson as Reporter
- Christian Gaul as Ivan
- Wolfgang Häntsch as Priest
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 126
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 to 12 | 10 | 15 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 to 24 | 10 | 9 |
| 25 to 27 | 18 | 38 |
| 28 to 30 | 32 | 21 |
| 31 to 33 | 3 | 21 |
| 34 to 36 | 7 | 5 |
| 37 to 39 | 6 | 24 |
| 40 to 42 | 5 | 14 |
| 43 to 45 | 16 | 23 |
| 46 to 48 | 8 | 6 |
| 49 to 51 | 16 | 15 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 to 57 | 14 | 24 |
| 58 to 60 | 6 | 10 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 4 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 5 |
| 67 to 69 | 26 | 28 |
| 70 to 72 | 10 | 18 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 37 |
| 76 to 78 | 9 | 11 |
| 79 to 81 | 4 | 5 |
| 82 to 84 | 9 | 10 |
| 85 to 87 | 20 | 12 |
| 88 to 90 | 6 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 3 | 6 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 13 |
| 97 to 99 | 3 | 5 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 14 |
| 103 to 105 | 2 | 6 |
| 106 to 108 | 22 | 9 |
| 109 to 111 | 6 | 14 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 18 |
| 115 to 117 | 4 | 7 |
| 118 to 120 | 15 | 5 |
| 121 to 123 | 3 | 5 |
| 124 to 126 | 5 | 4 |
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.
SOFYA: Why are we slowing down? SOFYA: We're stopping. Why are we stopping? SASHA: I don't know, mother. No idea. SOFYA: Excuse me, why has the train stopped?
SOFYA: This is unbearable. No wonder I feel lonely. I'm surrounded by morrons. SASHA: Mama, you're being ridiculous. SOFYA: Am I? I sit here and listen to this talk of love and God and equality, knowing full well that Count Generosity here is fully prepared to giv…
SASHA: Mama, please... SOFYA: Now...
SASHA: Honestly, I have no idea. SOFYA: DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME.
SOFYA: Lyovochka! SOFYA: Please forgive me, my darling! SASHA: Mother... SOFYA: I'm a fool.. I'm a selfish woman. But I love you. Please believe me. Please understand me. Please forgive me for all my weakness and badness…
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 38 are women's.
315 lines from women, 517 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 9 men in the cast. 3 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 38 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 (3,130), men 62% (5,080).
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
13
Two men
47
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Hoffman (man)
- Written by
- Michael Hoffman (man)
- From the novel by
- Jay Parini (man)
- Produced by
- Jens Meurer (man), Bonnie Arnold (woman), Chris Curling (man)
- Shot by
- Sebastian Edschmid (man)
- Edited by
- Patricia Rommel (woman)
- Music by
- Sergei Yevtushenko (man)
- Production design by
- Patrizia von Brandenstein (woman)
- Costumes by
- Monika Jacobs (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Art
2 women, 2 men
-
Production
1 women, 3 men
-
Sound
0 women, 3 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 43 on average. Men: 47 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kerry Condon 26, Anne-Marie Duff 38, Helen Mirren 64
Men
James McAvoy 30, Patrick Kennedy 32, David Masterson 40, Paul Giamatti 42, John Sessions 56, Christopher Plummer 79
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 126 scenes and 845 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
