Film family tree: Alexander the Last

Bedtime stories … Joe Swanberg's Alexander the Last Photograph: PR

If my film had a mother it would be ... Jean Eustache's The Mother and the Whore.
'The most realistic and refreshingly adult film about the complexity of romantic relationships between men and women and women and women' Photograph: Kobal

If my film had a father it would be ... Eric Rohmer's Love in the Afternoon.
'It has the most relatable male character I have ever had the pleasure of watching in a film' Photograph: Kobal

If my film had a wicked stepmother it would be ... Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou.
'It spends plenty of time focusing on a play's rehearsals and the madness of creative people' Photograph: New Yorker Films

If my film had a competitive sibling it would be ... Andrew Bujalski's Mutual Appreciation.
'It also stars Justin Rice caught up in a love triangle' Photograph: PR

If my film had a third cousin by marriage it would be ... Robert Altman's Three Woman.
'It's one of the strangest and most interesting films about female friendship' Photograph: Kobal

If my film were to spawn children I would hope they would be like ... James Gray's Two Lovers.
'It's much better than my film and would make a father proud' Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features