sentences:  The director was also inspired by the Baroque painting, the Exchange of Princesses (1621–1625) by Rubens, in which one figure is becoming the copy of the other.Téchiné's third feature had a bigger budget than "Souvenirs the France", his previous film, and it was produced by Alain Sarde with finance from Les Films de la Boetie, which made many of Claude Chabrol's films of the period, and Sara Films.The screenplay was written by Téchiné with Marilyn Goldin, they had collaborated also in "Souvenirs d'en France".