The lawyers of Michel Houellebecq and his wife announced on Tuesday February 7 that they had been responsible for taking "
all amicable and contentious steps, both civil and criminal
", to obtain the banning of the film
Kirac 27
, qualified as porn. and featuring the writer, and a trailer that they consider defamatory.
The trailer for this film, which is to be released on March 11, directed by a Dutch collective, Kirac, was released at the end of January.
In particular, we see the writer, shirtless, kissing a young woman in bed.
In voice-over, the director, Stefan Ruitenbeek, also recounts that Michel Houellebecq had written to him that his honeymoon in Morocco had been canceled, while his wife had, according to him, "
spent a month arranging prostitutes at the advance
”.
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"Dismay and Disgust"
The couple "
discovered with dismay and disgust
" that the
Kirac 27 trailer
contained "
statements implicating them, serious and false, violently undermining their dignity
", write Mes Angélique Bérès and Maïa Kantor, who defend the husband, in a press release.
He therefore instructed his advisers to "
immediately put an end to these attacks by all means
" by having "
withdraw this trailer from platforms and social networks throughout the world
", and by prohibiting the director and the collective "
from any exploitation, commercial or non-commercial, in any form whatsoever, of the film (...) and other images that they may have of the Houellebecq spouses
".
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According to Me Bérès, contacted by AFP, "
pre-litigation steps have already been taken with the director and the platforms
" to obtain the banning of the film, in particular if it contains the voice-over comments of the trailer. .
In a letter sent to the director, of which AFP was aware, Michel Houellebecq evokes "
the explosion of violence
" of the trailer, "
which irremediably damages (his) private life, (his) honor but above all , which is even more serious, to (his) wife, devastated by the lies
” broadcast about her.
