Passes the Bechdel test
The Outrun
2024. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, written by Amy Liptrot and Nora Fingscheidt and Daisy Lewis.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 11 scenes out of 188. -
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 living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands - where she grew up - hoping to heal. Adapted from the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot.
- Released
- 04 Oct 2024
- Genres
- Biography, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards. 7 wins & 31 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Rona 235 lines, woman
- Daynin 28 lines, man
- Andrew 23 lines, man
- Annie 22 lines, woman
- Julie 17 lines, woman
- Elena 15 lines, woman
- Samir 13 lines, man
- Calum 9 lines, man
- Gloria 9 lines, woman
- Doctor 8 lines
Full cast, 47 people
- Saoirse Ronan as Rona
- Paapa Essiedu as Daynin
- Nabil Elouahabi as Samir
- Izuka Hoyle as Gloria
- Lauren Lyle as Julie
- Stephen Dillane as Andrew
- Saskia Reeves as Annie
- Naomi Wirthner as Amanda
- Tony Hamilton-Croft as Gary
- Posy Sterling as Rita
- Danyal Ismail as Pascal
- Scott Miller as Young Andrew
- Seamus Dillane as James the Barman
- Paul Kulik as Middle aged man
- Freya Evans as Young Rona
- David Garrick as Bouncer Dave
- Aniya Sekkanu as Dr. Rasamalar
- Liam Smith as Young Orcadian Man
- Eilidh Fisher as Bible Group Evie
- Jacqui Hirst as Bible Group Ingrid
- Nicola Kilpatrick as Bible Group Gina
- Dawn Johnson as Bible Group Kirsty
- Jack Rooke as Lukas
- David Hills as Lab Supervisor
- Alexandre Afjool as Ivan
- Gillian Dearness as Elena
- Tim Dodman as Simon
- Louise McMenemy as Young Annie
- Olivia Knight as Newborn Rona
- Jack Knight as Newborn Rona
- Jamie Crew as Rehab Steven
- Isabelle Roux as Rehab Tara
- Ammar Younis as Rehab Aahil
- Conrad Williamson as Jack
- Kevin Shaw as Farmer Edward
- Kristen Norquoy as Farmer Catrina
- Kyle Mackay as Farmer Robin
- Ellis Tait as Farmer Amy
- Sweyn Hunter as AA Group James
- Paul Rendall as AA Group Stephen
- Linn Johansson as Female Stranger
- Matthew Coulton as Male Stranger
- Martin Gray as Calum
- Paul Kulik as Middle Aged Man
- Aidan Smith as Young Artist Inis
- Robbie Fraser as Ferry Announcer
- Dave Gray as Radio Announcer
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 188
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 12 | 36 | 1 |
| 13 to 16 | 6 | 9 |
| 17 to 20 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 to 24 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 to 28 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 to 32 | 14 | 7 |
| 33 to 36 | 8 | 0 |
| 37 to 40 | 28 | 2 |
| 41 to 44 | 14 | 4 |
| 45 to 48 | 4 | 1 |
| 49 to 52 | 7 | 0 |
| 53 to 56 | 2 | 2 |
| 57 to 60 | 14 | 4 |
| 61 to 64 | 16 | 13 |
| 65 to 68 | 7 | 15 |
| 69 to 72 | 4 | 1 |
| 73 to 76 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 to 80 | 13 | 7 |
| 81 to 84 | 4 | 0 |
| 85 to 88 | 5 | 4 |
| 89 to 92 | 14 | 0 |
| 93 to 96 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 to 104 | 5 | 3 |
| 105 to 108 | 7 | 3 |
| 109 to 112 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 to 116 | 1 | 0 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 to 124 | 5 | 1 |
| 125 to 128 | 4 | 6 |
| 129 to 132 | 5 | 0 |
| 133 to 136 | 6 | 2 |
| 137 to 140 | 12 | 0 |
| 141 to 144 | 5 | 4 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 0 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 to 156 | 6 | 0 |
| 157 to 160 | 13 | 0 |
| 161 to 164 | 4 | 0 |
| 165 to 168 | 10 | 0 |
| 169 to 172 | 4 | 0 |
| 173 to 176 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 to 180 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 to 184 | 3 | 2 |
| 185 to 188 | 7 | 0 |
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.
GLORIA: Wants to know what she’s doing. RONA: Checking where home is. GLORIA/LUKAS/RONA: Talk light and drunk fun nonsense.
RONA: Tells Gloria how very fucking special she is and how thankful she is that Gloria’s parents had sex and that she was born because of that. Wh… GLORIA: Tells Rona that she is the weirdest and most amazing woman she has ever met.
JULIE: Says that everybody likes the puffins, but she really likes the tysties / black guillemots because of their independence. RONA: Asks when Julie got into birds? JULIE: says she’s always liked birds, grew up with them, knew their names… but joining the RSPB she’s realised how much she truly cares and has see… RONA: Says that she really has to get back to London soon.
ANNIE: Rona, please don’t... RONA: Don’t - what? ANNIE: Nothing. RONA: I’m sober, mum!
AMANDA: Asks what does she feel when she thinks about drinking? RONA: I miss it. AMANDA: Honesty is good. Is there anything about drinking you don’t miss? RONA: Says that she has researched a phenomenon that is called “alcoholic neuropathy”. She actually did some research about it. She describes how …
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 77 are women's.
317 lines from women, 97 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 7 men in the cast. 12 women and 5 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 4 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 80% of the words (5,081), men 20% (1,257). Women have 77% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Run the other way, for men, the film scores 1 out of 3.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
24
Two men
0
Exhibit F: behind the camera
8 of the 17 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 44% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Nora Fingscheidt (woman)
- Written by
- Amy Liptrot (woman), Nora Fingscheidt (woman), Daisy Lewis (woman)
- Produced by
- Saoirse Ronan (woman), Jack Lowden (man), Dominic Norris (gender not listed), Sarah Brocklehurst (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Yunus Roy Imer (man), Raymond Besant (man)
- Edited by
- Stephan Bechinger (gender not listed)
- Music by
- John Gürtler (man), Jan Miserre (man)
- Production design by
- Andy Drummond (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Grace Snell (woman)
- Cast by
- Caroline Stewart (woman), Kahleen Crawford (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
1 women, 5 men, 61 not listed
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Production
8 women, 6 men, 44 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 3 men, 33 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 2 men, 31 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 28 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 5 men, 24 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 0 men, 12 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 41 on average. Men: 49 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Izuka Hoyle 28, Saoirse Ronan 29, Lauren Lyle 30, Naomi Wirthner 58, Saskia Reeves 62
Men
Paapa Essiedu 33, Nabil Elouahabi 48, Stephen Dillane 67
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 188 scenes and 447 lines of dialogue. How the test works
