Téchiné co-wrote the script with Jean-Charles Le Roux ( Agnès ' brother ) and Cédric Anger , director of '' Next Time I ’ll Aim For The Heart '' ( '' La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur '' ) a film also starring Guillaume Canet . Rather than focusing in the judicial twists of Agnelet 's trial , Téchiné wanted to center the plot in the love and power struggle between Renée Le Roux , her daughter Agnès , and Maurice Agnelet : the iron-fisted mother , the rebellious daughter and Agnelet 's desire for recognition by society . " It was Agnès that I was most interested in " Techine explains adding : " I wanted to paint her portrait . I agreed to make the film after reading the letters that Agnes had written to Agnelet because , quite unexpectedly , I found a surprising resemblance with another female character that I had long wanted to bring to the screen , Julie de Lespinasse . There are many parallels between the passionate love letters of this 18th century woman of letters and Agnes – heir to the Palais de la Mediterranee ’s – letters . For example : " I love you how you must be loved , with excess , madness , ardor and despair . " '' In the Name of my daughter '' premiered , screened out of competition , at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
In the Name of My Daughter