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 Moviewhich shows Houellebecq having sex with younger women, can now be published against his will.
To prevent this, the French author previously had one Lawsuit against the producer of “Kirac 27”, Stefan Ruitenbeek from the artist collective Kirac. 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. A French judge had previously ruled in February, in January released trailers of “Kirac 27” do not violate Houellebecq’s privacy. Despite this, the film’s premiere, originally scheduled for March 11, has been postponed indefinitely.
