For Ma fille, her first film as a director, the actress Naidra Ayadi (Polisse, The Gazelles, He already has your eyes) adapts the novel by Bernard Clavel, The Journey of the Father. A work already transposed to the cinema in 1966 by Denys de La Patellière with Fernandel in the lead role.
Roschdy Zem, who was interested in the role and did not close the door to directing, did not want to start into the writing of My daughter's screenplay.
Thierry Ardisson, who produced the film, wanted for a long time to adapt Bernard Clavel's "The Journey of the Father".