Michel Houellebecq has also lost the second lawsuit against the release of the sex film “Kirac 27”. This is reported by the French news agency AFP. The film, which shows Houellebecq having sex with younger women, can thus be published against his will.
To prevent this, the French author had previously filed a lawsuit against the producer of “Kirac 27”, Stefan Ruitenbeek from the Kirac artist collective. That lawsuit was dismissed by an Amsterdam court on Tuesday afternoon, arguing that the contract signed by the author was “unbalanced but not void.” It is also “incomprehensible why Houellebecq participated in the recordings if he found the agreement really problematic”. In addition, the plaintiff would have had sufficient time between the signing of the contract and the shooting to refuse to take part in the film.
He didn’t know what he was doing? The court in Amsterdam does not accept that
Houellebecq had challenged the validity of his contract with Kirac in court, saying he was depressed while filming the film. He was also tired and drunk when he signed the contract and didn’t know “what he was getting himself into”. The verdict was “very disappointing” for Houellebecq, his Dutch lawyer Jacqueline Schaap told AFP.
It was the second lawsuit that the author had unsuccessfully filed against the artist collective Kirac. Earlier in February, a French judge ruled that the “Kirac 27” trailer released in January did not violate Houellebecq’s privacy. Despite this, the film’s premiere, originally scheduled for March 11, has been postponed indefinitely.