King Lear the realm of which the king is head, not to Lear himself, and he tells Lear to behave better for the good of the realm. By contrast, Lear makes an argument similar to James that as king, he holds absolute power and could disregard the views of his subjects if they displease him whenever he liked. In the play, the characters like the Fool, Kent and Cordelia, whose loyalties are institutional, seeing their first loyalty to the realm, are portrayed more favorably than those like Regan and Goneril, who insist they are only loyal to the king, seeing their loyalties
In the Name of My Daughter the characters' passions drive the action, director Andre Téchiné lends the film an appealing illusion of calm." Richard Brody from "The New Yorker" called the film "a ready-made classic melodrama". Nicolas Rapold writing for "The New York Times" commented that "Mr. Téchiné ’s methodical storytelling covers more narrative ground than the drama requires, sapping the film’s energy." In his review for the "San Francisco Chronicle", Mick LaSalle described "In the Name of my daughter" as "Lacking action to the point of seeming immobile, Mr. Téchiné nevertheless amasses a catalogue of anger, desire and sex, enhanced by stunning landscapes of villas