Passes the Bechdel test
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022. Directed by George Miller, written by George Miller and Augusta Miller and A.S. Byatt.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 158. -
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
Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
- Released
- 26 Aug 2022
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 60 / 100
- Awards
- 6 wins & 21 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- The Djinn 307 lines, man
- Alithea 236 lines, woman
- The Narrator Alithea 18 lines, woman
- Clementine 11 lines, woman
- Fanny 10 lines, woman
- Turkish Waiter 4 lines, man
- Security Officer 3 lines, woman
- Sugar Lump 3 lines, woman
- Unsettling Man 3 lines, man
- Young Shopkeeper 3 lines
Full cast, 82 people
- Tilda Swinton as Alithea
- Idris Elba as The Djinn
- Erdil Yaşaroğlu as Professor Günhan
- Sabrina Elba as British Council Lady / The Watcher
- Sarah Houbolt as Airport Djinn
- Seyithan Özdemir as Pale Djinn
- Aamito Lagum as The Queen of Sheba
- Nicolas Mouawad as King Solomon
- Ece Yüksel as Gulten
- Matteo Bocelli as Prince Mustafa
- Lachy Hulme as Sultan Suleiman
- Megan Gale as Hürrem
- Oğulcan Arman Uslu as Murad IV
- Jack Braddy as Ibrahim
- Zerrin Tekindor as Kösem
- Anna Adams as Sugar Lump
- George Shevtsov as The Old Storyteller
- David Collins as Ozmet the Jocular
- Burcu Gölgedar as Zefir
- Vincent Gil as Old Merchant
- Melissa Jaffer as Clementine
- Anne Charleston as Fanny
- Pia Thunderbolt as Orhan's Pa
- Berk Ozturk as Semih the Driver / Bazzar Young Shopkeeper
- Anthony Moisset as Hotel Porter
- Alyla Browne as Young Alithea
- Sage Mcconnell as Dormitory Girl
- Abel Bond as Enzo
- Agani Gecmez as Turkish Hotel Waiter
- Ayantu Usman as Sheba's Handmaiden
- Peter Bertoni as Jack
- Lianne Mackessy as Emmeline Porter
- Harlan Norris as London Driver
- Leslie Krahner as Fisherman Rough Hands
- George Zammit as Male Hands
- Feride Eralp as Female Hands
- Matthew Khoury as Blacksmith Ifrit / Persian Soldier
- Burwaiss Ahmed as Byzantium Labourer
- Edoardo Michelotti as Mustafa Janissary
- Ronny Mouawad as Mustafa Janissary / Airport Surly Supervisor
- Paul Prakash as Mustafa Janissary
- Olivia Porter as Juggler
- Quaden Bayles as Quick Change Boy
- Botan Ozer as Ali
- Georgiou Thomas as Rustem Pasha
- Arshia Dehghani as Prince Cihangir
- Talia Tulin Sert as Seraglio Concubine
- Jean-Marc Agbogba as Zaouli Dancer
- Kaan Guldur as Young Murad IV
- Hugo Vella as Young Ibrahim
- Simon Abraham as Persian Soldier
- Bryony Pyke as Slender Concubine
- Hana Habbouche as Slender Concubine
- Jyoti Barry as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Madeline Berner as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Kathleen Coffey as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Nikki Hooppell as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Stephanie Julien as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Elyse Metaxas as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Debbie Correira as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Laura Foster as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Ashleigh Geitzmann as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Hannah Robinson as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Felicity Tchorlian as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Kate Wake as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Mary P as Ibrahim's Concubine
- Ron Hicks as Dead Pasha
- Glenn Levett as Dead Vizier
- Danny Lim as Storyteller
- Rellim Egroeg as Hapless Storyteller
- Eva Maria Barboza as Old Merchant's Cook
- Lulu Pinkus as Old Merchant Wife
- Karen Ainley as Old Merchant Wife
- Aska Karem as Airport Security Officer
- Melissa Kahraman as Airport Security Technician
- Bridget Maizey as Rollerblader in Love
- Eric Presnall as Rollerblader in Love
- Nolan Zadarnowski as Small Child
- Patryk Zadarnowski as Father
- Nathan Susskind as Young Man Soccer Player
- Peter Stephens as Persian General
- Louis Abdilla as Lecturer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 158
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 to 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 to 12 | 19 | 0 |
| 13 to 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 31 | 22 |
| 21 to 24 | 22 | 22 |
| 25 to 28 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 5 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 to 40 | 14 | 13 |
| 41 to 44 | 14 | 16 |
| 45 to 48 | 1 | 6 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 7 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 15 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 7 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 10 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 to 72 | 5 | 7 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 4 |
| 77 to 80 | 1 | 9 |
| 81 to 84 | 3 | 9 |
| 85 to 88 | 4 | 7 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 7 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 2 |
| 97 to 100 | 2 | 6 |
| 101 to 104 | 9 | 12 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 7 |
| 109 to 112 | 27 | 27 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 6 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 5 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 8 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 11 |
| 129 to 132 | 1 | 5 |
| 133 to 136 | 19 | 21 |
| 137 to 140 | 11 | 1 |
| 141 to 144 | 1 | 0 |
| 145 to 148 | 48 | 7 |
| 149 to 152 | 2 | 2 |
| 153 to 156 | 27 | 20 |
| 157 to 158 | 1 | 1 |
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.
THE NARRATOR ALITHEA: If there is fate, can we escape it? Who can say? But I tell you this... In the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul there are 62 streets and 4000 shops. THE NARRATOR ALITHEA: And in one of those shops there are three rooms. In the smallest of those rooms there was a pile of things unsorted, old and new. THE NARRATOR ALITHEA: From the bottom of that pile, I chose a memento. ALITHEA: Do you know what this is?
ALITHEA: Me. Is it too much? Is it all too much to ask? THE NARRATOR ALITHEA: What are we to do with longing awoken? How can I persuade you that I once found love with a Djinn? In any case, few would believe me. THE NARRATOR ALITHEA: Love is not something we come to by reason. It’s more like a vapour. A dream, perhaps. To lure us into the enchantment of our own stories. I…
SECURITY OFFICER: Please step out. What is in your pockets? ALITHEA: It’s an empty bottle and a top. SECURITY OFFICER: Please put through X-ray. ALITHEA: It’s very delicate and I don’t want it to get damaged.
CLEMENTINE & FANNY: Hello. THE NARRATOR ALITHEA: My Djinn told me, when they come together, in the Realm of Djinn - they tell each other stories. Stories are like breath to them. They make …
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 47 are women's.
288 lines from women, 322 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
15 women and 18 men in the cast. 9 women and 6 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 624.
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 42% of the words (2,788), men 58% (3,902). Women have 47% 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
6
Two men
3
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- George Miller (man)
- Written by
- George Miller (man), Augusta Miller (woman)
- Produced by
- George Miller (man), Doug Mitchell (man)
- Shot by
- John Seale (man)
- Edited by
- Margaret Sixel (woman)
- Music by
- Tom Holkenborg (man)
- Production design by
- Roger Ford (man)
- Cast by
- Nikki Barrett (woman), Ezgi Baltaş (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 6 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Ece Yüksel 24, Aamito Lagum 29, Sabrina Elba 33, Sarah Houbolt 38, Tilda Swinton 61
Men
Matteo Bocelli 24, Seyithan Özdemir 40, Nicolas Mouawad 43, Idris Elba 49, Erdil Yaşaroğlu 50
Exhibit H: the money
It made 34% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $20.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 158 scenes and 624 lines of dialogue. How the test works
