Passes the Bechdel test
Totem
2017. Directed by Marcel Sarmiento, written by Evan Dickson and Marcel Sarmiento.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 18 scenes out of 146. -
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
A teen must resort to extreme measures to protect her family from a supernatural entity.
- Released
- 31 Oct 2017
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- IMDb
- 4.5 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Kellie 239 lines, woman
- James 129 lines, man
- Robin 99 lines, woman
- Abby 57 lines, woman
- Todd 49 lines, man
- Bernard 33 lines, man
- Science Teacher 9 lines
- Administrator 5 lines, woman
- Overeager Student 1 lines, woman
Full cast, 8 people
- Kerris Dorsey as Kellie
- Ahna O'Reilly as Robin
- James Tupper as James
- Lia McHugh as Abby
- Braeden Lemasters as Todd
- Lawrence Pressman as Bernard
- Jocelyn Ayanna as Joan Lang
- Evan Dickson as Track Coach
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 146
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 10 | 10 |
| 9 to 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 to 16 | 13 | 2 |
| 17 to 20 | 17 | 15 |
| 21 to 24 | 15 | 6 |
| 25 to 28 | 24 | 4 |
| 29 to 32 | 13 | 9 |
| 33 to 36 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 to 40 | 19 | 8 |
| 41 to 44 | 42 | 20 |
| 45 to 48 | 12 | 0 |
| 49 to 52 | 9 | 1 |
| 53 to 56 | 15 | 7 |
| 57 to 60 | 9 | 6 |
| 61 to 64 | 20 | 5 |
| 65 to 68 | 16 | 13 |
| 69 to 72 | 11 | 9 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 to 80 | 3 | 2 |
| 81 to 84 | 14 | 14 |
| 85 to 88 | 7 | 8 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 to 96 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 to 100 | 3 | 1 |
| 101 to 104 | 4 | 1 |
| 105 to 108 | 12 | 9 |
| 109 to 112 | 22 | 19 |
| 113 to 116 | 4 | 2 |
| 117 to 120 | 8 | 0 |
| 121 to 124 | 22 | 12 |
| 125 to 128 | 10 | 7 |
| 129 to 132 | 12 | 12 |
| 133 to 136 | 18 | 7 |
| 137 to 140 | 4 | 1 |
| 141 to 144 | 5 | 0 |
| 145 to 146 | 3 | 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.
KELLIE: What are you doing? ABBY: Talking... KELLIE: Aren't you a little old for imaginary friends? ABBY: But I'm not tired anymore.
KELLIE: Nope, inappropriate. ABBY: Why? KELLIE: Just one of those society things, sis. Go change.
KELLIE: Oh no. ABBY: What is it? KELLIE: Not what. Who. Her. When?
ABBY: I like her. KELLIE: Look, I just want you to be happy.
KELLIE: Good stuff. You make it all the way through this one? ROBIN: Can't blame me for trying. KELLIE: Well you know Abby's kind of weird. If you need any help, you can just ask me. There's no book for her. ROBIN: Thanks. That would be great.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 66 are women's.
401 lines from women, 211 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
4 women and 4 men in the cast. 3 women and 3 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 6 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 63% of the words (3,177), men 37% (1,863). Women have 66% 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
36
Two men
5
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 10 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Marcel Sarmiento (man)
- Written by
- Evan Dickson (man)
- Produced by
- John H. Lang (man), Greg Gilreath (gender not listed), William Day Frank (gender not listed), Adam Hendricks (man)
- Shot by
- Harry Lipnick (gender not listed)
- Edited by
- Phillip Blackford (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- John Richoux (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Sarah Domeier Lindo (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
1 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 1 men
-
Sound
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 2 men
-
Art
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 50 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lia McHugh 11, Kerris Dorsey 19, Ahna O'Reilly 33, Jocelyn Ayanna 46
Men
Braeden Lemasters 21, James Tupper 52, Lawrence Pressman 78
Exhibit H: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $51,247
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 146 scenes and 621 lines of dialogue. How the test works
