Bechdel Test Movie List

/bech·del test/ n.

1. It has to have at least two [named] women in it

2. Who talk to each other

3. About something besides a man

The Godfather (1972) [imdb]

This movie passed 2 of 3 tests. It was entered by Jennifer Milligan on 2011-04-23 18:52:32.

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William Meyer said:

At the end of the film Kay and Connie talk about the murder of sunny by Carlo's betrayal...

Message posted on 2013-06-18 19:18:53

Jason Finch said:

well then they are talking about a man (or two men), William Meyer

Message posted on 2014-01-23 22:40:14

A said:

I agree with Jason, this passes 2/2 at least.

Message posted on 2014-03-22 23:31:29

neil (webmaster) said:

I've updated the rating from 1/3 to 2/3.

Message posted on 2014-03-23 11:03:57

Fathergod disagreed with the rating and said:

I believe this is a pass. Sandra and Connie, two named female characters, audibly converse about bread. Here's the transcript:

SANDRA (background)

...you want all of that chicken cacciatore for you, sweetheart?

(then, to Connie, who's cutting bread)

Oh, hey, that's enough bread!

CONNIE (background)

But I like bread!

SANDRA

Oh I know, but how much can you eat? (background)

It's corroborated in the script and in the film. You can watch the exchange at 5:00 in the YouTube video "The Godfather Food Scenes."

Message posted on 2023-01-17 12:15:18

Will said:

Hey Fathergod, you should be ashamed of yourself. “They exchanged two background lines about bread, I have thus proved feminism is wrong” well you can have this movie and your antiquated view of the world.

Message posted on 2024-04-06 03:29:42

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