Passes the Bechdel test

Zebra Girl

Name: Zebra Girl
Released: 2021

2021. Directed by Stephanie Zari, written by Derek Ahonen and Sarah Roy and Stephanie Zari.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 12 scenes out of 86.
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

Catherine's seemingly perfect rural life is turned upside down after she discovers her husband is hiding a dark secret that leads her to the unthinkable. Murder.

Released: 01 Jun 2021
Genres: Mystery, Thriller
IMDb: 4.8 / 10
Awards: 3 wins & 13 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Catherine 242 lines, woman
Anita 110 lines, woman
Dan 79 lines, man
Teen Catherine 64 lines, woman
Detective Reese 36 lines, woman
Young Catherine 35 lines, woman
Young Anita 24 lines, woman
Charmaine 14 lines, woman
Daddy 13 lines, man
Betty 10 lines, woman

Full cast, 7 people

Sarah Roy as Catherine
Tom Cullen as Dan
Jade Anouka as Anita
Anna Wilson-Jones as Betty
Angela Yeoh as Dr. Anto
Moyo Akandé as Detective Reese
Isabelle Connolly as Teen Catherine

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 86

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	0
3 to 4	3	0
5 to 6	0	0
7 to 8	2	0
9 to 10	0	1
11 to 12	3	2
13 to 14	0	0
15 to 16	74	0
17 to 18	32	0
19 to 20	28	0
21 to 22	9	0
23 to 24	33	0
25 to 26	1	4
27 to 28	37	0
29 to 30	20	16
31 to 32	7	6
33 to 34	8	5
35 to 36	16	9
37 to 38	68	1
39 to 40	35	0
41 to 42	12	0
43 to 44	7	0
45 to 46	17	0
47 to 48	14	3
49 to 50	3	0
51 to 52	7	1
53 to 54	2	3
55 to 56	3	4
57 to 58	5	2
59 to 60	3	1
61 to 62	3	0
63 to 64	8	0
65 to 66	11	8
67 to 68	8	3
69 to 70	17	12
71 to 72	0	0
73 to 74	8	7
75 to 76	14	0
77 to 78	0	0
79 to 80	10	4
81 to 82	9	0
83 to 84	8	0
85 to 86	13	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.

YOUNG CATHERINE: Babies. YOUNG ANITA: Whatcha readin'? YOUNG ANITA: Sorry to scare you. YOUNG ANITA: Saw you sitting alone and wanted ta say hello. So -- "Hello!"

YOUNG CATHERINE: GRIEF! It's a word for when someone causes you pain. YOUNG ANITA: Like when a bloke rubs the back of your neck and smiles through the moustache. If you pee your pants when that happens - that's grief. YOUNG ANITA: 'Bout right, don't cha think? YOUNG ANITA: Wanna swing on swings?

YOUNG CATHERINE: If those things are happening, my parents will take you in. I'll force them to. YOUNG CATHERINE: Anita -- you need to stay somewhere else. YOUNG ANITA: How do you know? YOUNG CATHERINE: Because I read books on therapy!

ANITA: You need help. CATHERINE: I'm not calling the police! Are you fucking crazy? ANITA: Crime of passion -- CATHERINE: 'Crime of passion' my arse! -- Call the police --

ANITA: Uh -- Do I need to be here for this? CATHERINE: For a girl who loves Goosebumps, you sure are queasy darling. ANITA: You'd better double bag it.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 86 are women's.

558 lines from women, 92 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

5 women and 1 men in the cast. 11 women and 1 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 85% of the words (4,164), men 15% (713). Women have 86% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Run the other way, for men, the film scores 0 out of 3.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 5 people in these jobs are women.

Directed by: Stephanie Zari (gender not listed)
Written by: Derek Ahonen (gender not listed)
Story by: Stephanie Zari (gender not listed), Derek Ahonen (gender not listed), Sarah Roy (gender not listed)