Passes the Bechdel test

The Nun

Name: The Nun
Released: 2018

2018. Directed by Corin Hardy, written by Gary Dauberman and James Wan.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
31 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 42.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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

The film

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in 'The Conjuring 2,' as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.

Released: 07 Sep 2018
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.4 / 10
Metascore: 46 / 100
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Father Burke 160 lines, man
Sister Irene 134 lines, woman
Frenchie 73 lines, man
Gregoro 21 lines, man
Sister Miranda 16 lines, woman
Sister Ruth 10 lines, woman
Abbess 8 lines, woman
Cardinal Conroy 8 lines, man
Olvera 8 lines
The Abbess 5 lines, woman

Full cast, 51 people

Taissa Farmiga as Sister Irene
Demián Bichir as Father Burke
Bonnie Aarons as The Nun / Valak
Jonas Bloquet as Maurice Theriault
Ingrid Bisu as Sister Oana
Patrick Wilson as Ed Warren
Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren
Lili Taylor as Carolyn Perron
Charlotte Hope as Sister Victoria
Sandra Teles as Sister Ruth
Maria Obretin as Sister Abigail
August Maturo as Daniel
Jack Falk as Daniel
Lynnette Gaza as Mother Superior
Ani Sava as Sister Jessica
Michael Smiley as Father Pasquale
Gabrielle Downey as The Abbess
David Horovitch as Cardinal Conroy
Tudor Munteanu as Grigore
Lili Bordán as Waitress Marta
Scarlett Hicks as Scarlett
Izzie Coffey as Student
Jared Morgan as Marquis
Laur Dragan as Villager
Eugeniu Cozma as Villager
Manuela Ciucur as Sister Christine
Beatrice Péter as Praying Nun
Ana Udroiu as Praying Nun
Andreea Sovan as Praying Nun
Dana Voicu as Praying Nun
Andreea Moldovianu as Praying Nun
Beatrice Rubica as Praying Nun
Claudia Susanu as Praying Nun
Alma Boiangiu as Demon Nun
Gabriela Irina Dinca as Demonic Nun
Dee Bradley Baker as Demonic Voice
Debra Wilson as Demonic Voice
Mark Steger as Duke
Lidiya Korotko as Barmaid
Emma Appleton as Elena (uncredited)
Jonny Coyne as Gregoro
Natalie Creek as 1950's Catholic School Girl (uncredited)
Flynn Hayward as Sister Samantha (uncredited)
Daniel Mandehr as Farmer Jozef
Samson Marraccino as Timothy (uncredited)
Jamie Muscato as Father Patino (uncredited)
Lourdes Nadres as Nun (uncredited)
Simon Rhee as Holy Man 1 (uncredited)
Sandra Rosko as Captured Nun (uncredited)
HayRae Rummel as Catholic School Girl (uncredited)
Claudio Lee Smith as Demon (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 42

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 1	4	34
2 to 2	7	23
3 to 3	9	19
4 to 4	19	23
5 to 5	2	10
6 to 6	1	12
7 to 7	1	2
8 to 8	1	5
9 to 9	12	11
10 to 10	0	0
11 to 11	3	1
12 to 12	2	1
13 to 13	0	0
14 to 14	10	12
15 to 15	2	3
16 to 16	0	13
17 to 17	10	5
18 to 18	0	2
19 to 19	17	0
20 to 20	7	0
21 to 21	0	0
22 to 22	7	11
23 to 23	2	1
24 to 24	1	10
25 to 25	0	1
26 to 26	0	1
27 to 27	0	0
28 to 28	1	1
29 to 29	0	2
30 to 30	0	4
31 to 31	1	7
32 to 32	3	2
33 to 33	4	4
34 to 34	14	7
35 to 35	4	0
36 to 36	0	8
37 to 37	29	18
38 to 38	0	1
39 to 39	5	14
40 to 40	0	0
41 to 41	3	5
42 to 42	1	1

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

SISTER MIRANDA: Yes, Sister. SISTER ABIGAIL: You haven’t taken your vows yet? SISTER IRENE: No. SISTER ABIGAIL: You shouldn’t be here. This is not a place for you...

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 40 are women's.

182 lines from women, 274 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

31 women and 19 men in the cast. 5 women and 8 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 43 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 34% of the words (1,990), men 66% (3,784). Women have 40% 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

3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Corin Hardy (man)
Written by: Gary Dauberman (man)
Story by: James Wan (man), Gary Dauberman (man)
Produced by: Peter Safran (man), James Wan (man)
Shot by: Maxime Alexandre (man)
Edited by: Michel Aller (woman), Ken Blackwell (man)
Music by: Abel Korzeniowski (man)
Production design by: Jennifer Spence (woman)
Costumes by: Sharon Gilham (gender not listed)
Cast by: Liliana Toma (woman), Rich Delia (man), Rose Wicksteed (gender not listed)