Passes the Bechdel test
Triangle of Sadness
2022. Directed by Ruben Östlund, written by Ruben Östlund.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
22 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 16 scenes out of 91. -
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
In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean), are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
- Released
- 18 Sep 2022
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 63 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 24 wins & 83 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Carl 196 lines, man
- Yaya 134 lines, woman
- Chief Stewardess Paula 96 lines, woman
- Abigail 95 lines, woman
- Dimitry 66 lines, man
- Nelson 38 lines, man
- Captain 31 lines
- Vera 28 lines, woman
- Alicia 25 lines, woman
- Jarmo 24 lines, man
Full cast, 146 people
- Harris Dickinson as Carl
- Charlbi Dean as Yaya
- Dolly de Leon as Abigail
- Woody Harrelson as The Captain
- Zlatko Burić as Dimitry
- Vicki Berlin as Paula
- Henrik Dorsin as Jarmo
- Iris Berben as Therese
- Jean-Christophe Folly as Nelson
- Amanda Walker as Clementine
- Oliver Ford Davies as Winston
- Sunnyi Melles as Vera
- Thobias Thorwid as Lewis
- Jiannis Moustos as Driver
- Timoleon Gketsos as Handsome Crewman
- Alicia Eriksson as Alicia
- Carolina Gynning as Ludmilla
- Ralph Schicha as Uli
- Arvin Kananian as Darius
- Mia Benson as Dirty Sails Lady
- Stefan Gödicke as Yacht Chef
- Nana Manu as Beach Vendor
- Alexander Virenhem as Male Model
- Malte Gårdinger as Male Model
- William-Patrik Molvén as Male Model
- Fredrik Quinones as Male Model
- Filip Roséen as Male Model
- Chidiegwu Chidi as Male Model
- Charlie Westerberg as Male Model
- Erik Andersson as Male Model
- Hamlet Talje Willoughby as Male Model
- Victor Köhler as Male Model
- Daniel Estehghari as Male Model
- Alfons Miari as Male Model
- Isak Barrow as Male Model
- Alfred Lindström as Male Model
- Augustine Kajue as Male Model
- Florand Kaufeldt as Male Model
- Theodor Öhrn as Male Model
- Jin Zou as Male Model
- David Alexanderson as Male Model
- Olof Källström as Male Model
- Julian Redaelli as Male Model
- Egil Ahlenius as Male Model
- Carl Jood as Male Model
- Chand Smith as Male Model
- Malick Afocozi as Male Model
- Ludvig Fast as Male Model
- Victor Norlander as Male Model
- Anton Isaksson as Male Model
- Brian Kamara as Male Model
- Eric Svirins as Male Model
- Hugo Palm as Male Model
- Simon Bredenberg as Male Model
- Noa Del Castillo Hallberg as Male Model
- Ann-Sofi Back as Casting Jury
- Robert Rydberg as Casting Jury
- Robert Nordberg as Casting Jury
- Charlotte Brattin as Casting Jury
- Mira Uszkureit as Casting Jury
- Alex Schulman as Front Row
- Amanda Schulman as Front Row
- Emma Warg as Front Row
- Camilla Läckberg as Front Row
- Christina Saliba as Front Row
- Karin Myrenberg as Front Row
- Linnea Olsson as Cello Player
- Asta Stensson as Model at Runway
- Elsa Sjökvist as Model at Runway
- Johanna Ovelius as Model at Runway
- Shaniaz Hama Ali as Advanced Extra
- Catrin Nilsson as Advanced Extra
- Jacob Papinniemi as Advanced Extra
- Mimmi Brundin as Advanced Extra
- Melodie Von Sass as Advanced Extra
- Ellen Dixdotter as Advanced Extra
- Sofia Lücke as Advanced Extra
- Ronja Kruus as Advanced Extra
- Chris Westerstrom as Advanced Extra
- Hedda Rehnberg as Advanced Extra
- Robert Martufi as Advanced Extra
- Hanna Oldenburg as Yacht Steward
- Arnella Zetterström as Yacht Steward
- Sepideh Mazloom as Yacht Steward
- Eric Dernsjö as Yacht Steward
- Nikolas Drosopoulos as Yacht Crew
- Chrysanthi Theodosi as Yacht Crew
- Maria Alexiou as Yacht Crew
- Marilena Lampropoulou as Yacht Crew
- Christos Ntoulas as Yacht Crew
- Nikolas Chalkiadakis as Yacht Crew
- Grace Milaszewski as Yacht Crew
- Melina Marksaitis as Yacht Crew
- Theresa Johannesson as Yacht Crew
- Leocilyn Capanas as Yacht Crew
- Nanette Lipponen as Yacht Crew
- Maria Danica Herrera as Yacht Crew
- Maria Grace Concepcion as Yacht Crew
- Kristin Delfinado as Yacht Crew
- Shanilou Del Mundo as Yacht Crew
- John Michael Yadao as Yacht Crew
- Freedom Ziad Ahmed as Yacht Crew
- Robert Jomar as Yacht Crew
- Garry Villador Deveratturda as Yacht Crew
- Christopher Janiola as Yacht Crew
- Mario Rowen Bugtai as Yacht Crew
- Mohamed Lachras as Yacht Crew
- Taye Nathanail as Yacht Crew
- Athanasios Papaioannou as Yacht Crew
- Alexandros Sargologos as Yacht Crew
- Allen Bandiola as Yacht Crew
- Nicolas Refin as Yacht Crew
- Lontoc Rolyn as Yacht Crew
- John Paul Paugio as Yacht Crew
- John Paulo as Yacht Crew
- Anne Brocklin Bergman as Yacht Passenger
- Johnny Bergman as Yacht Passenger
- Fredrik Wikingsson as Yacht Passenger
- Henrik Thott as Yacht Passenger
- Thomas Peteus as Yacht Passenger
- Magnus Jeansson as Yacht Passenger
- Stefan Martikainen as Yacht Passenger
- Britt-Marie Svensson as Yacht Passenger
- Arash Raoufi as Yacht Passenger
- Nafiseh Hadizadeh as Yacht Passenger
- Inga Hahn as Yacht Passenger
- Lennart Hahn as Yacht Passenger
- Linda Anborg as Yacht Passenger
- Karina Baldock Wiking as Yacht Passenger
- Olof Myhrman as Yacht Passenger
- Rebecca Fager as Yacht Passenger
- Hilde Fager as Yacht Passenger
- Emmylou Saguindel-Holmé as Yacht Passenger
- Ann-Marie Eriksson as Yacht Passenger
- Pål Svensson as Yacht Passenger
- Giorgos Kyriakopoulos as Yacht Passenger
- Pavlos Laoutaris as Yacht Passenger
- Eva Koroli as Yacht Passenger
- Alexia Mpogdanou as Yacht Passenger
- Giannis Papathymios as Yacht Passenger
- Achilles Vatrikas as Yacht Passenger
- Gianna Andritsaki as Yacht Passenger
- Dauda Coneth as Pirate
- Beh Solo Kone as Pirate
- Yussif Zakaria as Pirate
- Papa Cheik Jade as Pirate
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 91
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 to 6 | 11 | 12 |
| 7 to 8 | 16 | 25 |
| 9 to 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 11 to 12 | 16 | 17 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 to 20 | 6 | 3 |
| 21 to 22 | 26 | 21 |
| 23 to 24 | 14 | 15 |
| 25 to 26 | 6 | 8 |
| 27 to 28 | 8 | 2 |
| 29 to 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 to 32 | 56 | 5 |
| 33 to 34 | 16 | 5 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 to 38 | 2 | 5 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 to 42 | 14 | 22 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 to 46 | 4 | 5 |
| 47 to 48 | 2 | 2 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 12 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 3 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 3 |
| 55 to 56 | 3 | 4 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 5 |
| 61 to 62 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 to 64 | 13 | 22 |
| 65 to 66 | 3 | 7 |
| 67 to 68 | 23 | 7 |
| 69 to 70 | 44 | 8 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 13 |
| 73 to 74 | 23 | 17 |
| 75 to 76 | 11 | 8 |
| 77 to 78 | 22 | 24 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 6 |
| 81 to 82 | 12 | 21 |
| 83 to 84 | 18 | 34 |
| 85 to 86 | 12 | 3 |
| 87 to 88 | 5 | 1 |
| 89 to 90 | 18 | 0 |
| 91 to 91 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
ABIGAIL: Okay, one hour? YAYA: Could you just come back a bit later, please? ABIGAIL: Okay, I’ll come back later. Sorry ma’am.
CHIEF STEWARDESS PAULA: Alicia? There’s a crew member up on the deck with no shirt on. ALICIA: No shirt on? CHIEF STEWARDESS PAULA: Yes.
THERESE: In den Wolken... CLEMENTINE: In den Wolken... What does it mean?
YAYA: Sorry, what? CLEMENTINE: The hand grenade, dear.
CHIEF STEWARDESS PAULA: Ginger candy? It’d good if you’re seasick. Stay calm everybody, everything is fine! PAULA: Is it a stroke? Everybody stay calm!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 51 are women's.
425 lines from women, 408 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
22 women and 18 men in the cast. 11 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 41 of 876.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 40 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 47% of the words (3,479), men 53% (3,854). Women have 51% 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
28
Two men
20
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ruben Östlund (man)
- Written by
- Ruben Östlund (man)
- Produced by
- Erik Hemmendorff (man), Philippe Bober (man)
- Shot by
- Fredrik Wenzel (man)
- Edited by
- Mikel Cee Karlsson (man), Ruben Östlund (man)
- Production design by
- Josefin Åsberg (woman)
- Costumes by
- Sofie Krunegård (woman)
- Cast by
- Pauline Hansson (gender not listed), Nina Haun (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
7 women, 18 men, 18 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 0 men, 12 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 15 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Art
1 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men
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Editing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 57 on average. Men: 50 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Charlbi Dean 32, Vicki Berlin 44, Dolly de Leon 53, Iris Berben 72, Amanda Walker 86
Men
Harris Dickinson 26, Henrik Dorsin 44, Woody Harrelson 61, Zlatko Burić 69
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $15.6 million
- Box office
- $24.7 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 91 scenes and 876 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
