The Dutch art collective Kirac must first submit the finished film to Houellebecq before publication, a court in Amsterdam ruled on Tuesday in the appeal proceedings. Previously, the author had failed in the first instance with a lawsuit against the filmmakers.
Once the film has been published online, the damage cannot be reversed. If the author does not accept the film, and the filmmaker refuses to make changes, then, according to the verdict, he can go to court again. The author had signed a contract with the filmmaker Stefan Ruitenbeek of the collective and had sex with several young women in front of the camera.