Michel Houellebecq returns to the Kirac 27 controversy. The French novelist claims to have been "taken aback" and "not to have seen the danger" of this erotic film in which he plays, in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche. Focusing in particular on this subject, his book A Few Months in My Life, October 2022-March 2023 is expected on May 24.
In November 2022, the author of La Carte et le Territoire (Prix Goncourt 2010) signed a contract with a Dutch director, Stefan Ruitenbeek, for a pornographic film. Asked about this document, the writer calls it "despicable", considering it "absurd" to have signed it.
Not "famous enough to have a sex tape"
"I didn't think I was famous enough to have a sex tape. It happens to actors, singers, TV presenters, footballers, politicians. To writers, normally, no," adds Michel Houellebecq. "But what partially reduces my stupidity is that I had no intention of shooting porn shots at all," he says, saying he did not see a clause allowing "to use the two hours of filming done in Paris".
The writer has been trying for months to ban the images shot at the end of 2022 by the Dutch filmmaker, claiming to have been trapped when he wanted not to be recognizable. The French justice, considering itself incompetent, had rejected the writer in February of his request to ban the film. The Dutch court also rejected this request but allowed Michel Houellebecq on appeal to watch the film Kirac 27 before its broadcast.
The judges considered justified the writer's fears that the Dutch filmmaker did not respect part of the agreement defining "a game between reality and fiction", according to which the film must create the illusion of erotic scenes with a lookalike. If Michel Houellebecq raises objections and the filmmaker refuses to adjust the film, he can again go to court.
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