To provide an alignment control film having high sensitivity to exposure.

In the alignment control film including polyimide and a precursor of the polyimide, the polyimide and the precursor of the polyimide contain a cyclobutane tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride derivative represented by chemical formula (1) and aromatic diamine as raw materials, and are provided with alignment control power by optical alignment treatment. (Where, at least one of Z¹ to Z⁴ is a substituent represented by -NR₂, -SR, -OH, -COR, -(CH₂)_n-COOR, -CN or -NO₂ (R is each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 0-2.), and each of others is a hydrogen atom.)