Passes the Bechdel test

Zerophilia

Name: Zerophilia
Released: 2005

2005. Directed by Martin Curland, written by Martin Curland.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 40.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

Luke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, must solve the mystery of his rare genetic condition, Zerophilia, that changes him from male to female anytime he's aroused--which noticeably complicates his love life. Journey with Luke into the wild world of Zerophilia to discover that you can't change your true nature, even if it can change you. A coming-of-age cult classic.

Released: 13 Oct 2006
Genres: Comedy, Romance
IMDb: 6 / 10
Metascore: 41 / 100
Awards: 3 wins
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Luke 229 lines, man
Keenan 146 lines, man
Sydney 110 lines, woman
Janine 89 lines, woman
Luca 82 lines, woman
Michelle 78 lines, woman
Max 67 lines, man
Male Sydney 22 lines
Polly 15 lines, woman
Female Luke 10 lines, man

Full cast, 11 people

Taylor Handley as Luke
Dustin Seavey as Keenan
Alison Folland as Janine
Kyle Schmid as Max
Rebecca Mozo as Michelle
Marieh Delfino as Luca
Gina Bellman as Sydney (Female)
Rick Stear as Sydney (Male)
Kelly LeBrock as Woman in RV
Chris Meyer as Jeremy
Adam Zolotin as Chad

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 40

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 1	0	0
2 to 2	0	10
3 to 3	4	11
4 to 4	0	12
5 to 5	10	21
6 to 6	0	16
7 to 7	12	10
8 to 8	0	2
9 to 9	1	1
10 to 10	0	16
11 to 11	0	21
12 to 12	13	12
13 to 13	29	17
14 to 14	30	36
15 to 15	13	18
16 to 16	0	5
17 to 17	6	9
18 to 18	18	26
19 to 19	25	24
20 to 20	21	7
21 to 21	16	16
22 to 22	0	28
23 to 23	29	13
24 to 24	8	14
25 to 25	15	13
26 to 26	2	1
27 to 27	11	10
28 to 28	0	5
29 to 29	0	0
30 to 30	10	11
31 to 31	0	12
32 to 32	10	9
33 to 33	4	4
34 to 34	0	6
35 to 35	3	4
36 to 36	6	8
37 to 37	55	15
38 to 38	9	6
39 to 39	13	14
40 to 40	3	5

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.

JANINE: I knew we'd find 'em here. MICHELLE: We just wanted to know if you're alright. After last night.

JANINE: No, just a few weeks. LUCA: 'Weeks?!'

LUCA: Uh, I don't know. JANINE: She's gotta' pack. You need to go.

JANINE: Alright, okay, now open those little levers on the sides,... and flip that center thingy back... LUCA: Did you get this thing at the mall? JANINE: No.

JANINE: Please. And mine's got way more features than that one. Or that one. LUCA: So, where'd you get it? JANINE: It was Larissa's. My roommate. LUCA: GROSSS!!!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 45 are women's.

376 lines from women, 468 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

5 women and 5 men in the cast. 4 women and 5 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 20 of 876. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 38 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 48% of the words (3,551), men 52% (3,854). Women have 45% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 57% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Martin Curland (gender not listed)
Written by: Martin Curland (gender not listed)
Produced by: Jay Whitney Brown (gender not listed), Martin Curland (gender not listed), Matt Radecki (gender not listed), Alan Grossbard (man), Greg Lanesey (man)
Edited by: John W. Randle (gender not listed)
Music by: Kevin McDaniels (gender not listed)
Production design by: Kenn Coplan (gender not listed)
Costumes by: Anne Rocchio (woman)
Cast by: Robyn Knoll (woman), Jean Scoccimarro (gender not listed)