Passes the Bechdel test
Tristan + Isolde
2006. Directed by Kevin Reynolds, written by Dean Georgaris.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1. -
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
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
- Released
- 13 Jan 2006
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 49 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Isolde 97 lines, woman
- Tristan 95 lines, man
- Marke 81 lines, man
- Melot 39 lines, man
- King Donnchadh 36 lines, man
- Wictred 32 lines, man
- Bragnae 27 lines, woman
- Man 18 lines, man
- Aragon 14 lines, man
- Bodkin 12 lines, man
Full cast, 35 people
- James Franco as Tristan
- Sophia Myles as Isolde
- Rufus Sewell as Marke
- David O'Hara as Donnchadh
- Mark Strong as Wictred
- Henry Cavill as Melot
- Bronagh Gallagher as Bragnae
- Ronan Vibert as Bodkin
- Lucy Russell as Edyth
- JB Blanc as Leon
- Graham Mullins as Morholt
- Leo Gregory as Simon
- Dexter Fletcher as Orick
- Richard Dillane as Aragon
- Hans Martin Stier as Kurseval
- Thomas Morris as Kaye
- Jamie Thomas King as Anwick
- Wolfgang Müller as Rothgar
- Cheyenne Rushing as Lady Serafine
- Barbora Kodetová as Lady Marke
- Isobel Moynihan as Young Isolde
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Young Tristan
- Gordon Truefitt as Tournament Judge
- Myles Taylor as Young Melot
- Jack Montgomery as Young Simon
- Marek Vašut as Luther
- David Fisher as Irish Soldier
- Bronwen Davies as Lady Aragon
- Philip O'Sullivan as Paddreggh
- Nevan Finegan as Tournament Crier
- Jón Ólafsson as Coronation Priest
- Todd Kramer as Widseth
- Winter Ave Zoli as Widseth's Sister
- Miroslav Šimůnek as Pict Guard
- Kevin Flood as Funeral Priest
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
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.
BRAGNAE: Your mother loved you so much Isolde ISOLDE: Why did she die Bragnae? Why? BRAGNAE: It was an ill fever that took her. Fever. ISOLDE: No. It was her heart.
ISOLDE: The joy of being a lady? Wanting something I can’t have. A life of my own. BRAGNAE: Time for sleep now. ISOLDE: I’ll follow you later. BRAGNAE: You need to rest. In case your betrothed should want to see you.
BRAGNAE: There. Almost done. ISOLDE: No, not quite. If I am to be a present I should be fully wrapped.
BRAGNAE: I’m tired of this. I’m tired of lying for you. I’m sick of it. ISOLDE: Then don’t. ISOLDE: There is a servings child, quite ill. Doing better now.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 28 are women's.
136 lines from women, 354 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 21 men in the cast. 4 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 19 of 522.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 54 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (1,420), men 70% (3,353). Women have 28% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
9
Two men
38
Exhibit F: behind the camera
6 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Kevin Reynolds (man)
- Written by
- Dean Georgaris (man)
- Produced by
- Lisa Ellzey (woman), Elie Samaha (man), Giannina Facio (woman), Moshe Diamant (man)
- Shot by
- Artur Reinhart (man)
- Edited by
- Peter Boyle (man)
- Music by
- Anne Dudley (woman)
- Production design by
- Mark Geraghty (man)
- Costumes by
- Maurizio Millenotti (man)
- Cast by
- Kate Dowd (woman), Nancy Bishop (woman), Anja Dihrberg (woman), Kirsty Kinnear (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Production
5 women, 11 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 6 men, 6 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 10 men, 2 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 6 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
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Art
0 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sophia Myles 26, Bronagh Gallagher 33, Lucy Russell 34
Men
Henry Cavill 22, James Franco 27, JB Blanc 37, Rufus Sewell 38, David O'Hara 40, Mark Strong 42, Ronan Vibert 42
Exhibit H: the money
It made 90% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $31 million
- Box office
- $28 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 522 lines of dialogue. How the test works
