“
He made us sign a contract, of which I only read one article because it was the only condition, intended to protect my anonymity.
In a forum at Le Point, Michel Houellebecq explained himself on the affair of the Dutch pornographic film.
On January 24, the Dutch collective KIRAC (Keeping It Real Art Critics), directed by Stefan Ruitenbeek, published a trailer in which we saw the famous French writer in bed, in the arms of a young woman.
The director had announced the release of the complete film on March 11, before Michel Houellebecq took legal action, blocking the publication of the film until the verdict, expected on Tuesday March 28.
The author of
Sérotonine
explains that following a dinner with Stefan Ruitenbeek, he and his wife would have agreed to shoot "
a sex scene in a trio
" with him, his wife and Jini van Rooijen, a friend from Ruitenbeek, "
provided that [ his] anonymity is preserved (...)
”.
According to Houellebecq, this film was to be added to "
films in Jini's OnlyFans account [which] are only accessible
to
his paying subscribers
" while he and his wife were to "
wear masks
".
"
The sexual scene
took
place
", continues Michel Houellebecq, who explains that he finally "
not provide [his] passport, a necessary condition imposed by OnlyFans for
the
film to be broadcast
”.
Stefan Ruitenbeek has accepted that, in no sexual plan, my face and that of my wife will not be filmed.
Michel Houellebecq
In emails exchanged thereafter, Stefan Ruitenbeek "
(...) sent me photos of different women who, according to him, wanted to have sex with me
", continues Michel Houellebecq.
“
My wife
wrote the outline
of a
screenplay, inspired
both
by
one of my books,
The Possibility of an Island
,
and by personal memories.
Stefan Ruitenbeek was to be "
the
director
", while the writer was "
ready
to
take on
an
acting
role
", including participating "
in
pornographic scenes if
the
script included it
, “on condition
,
”
that, in no sexual plan, my face and that of my wife are not filmed.
[Stefan Ruitenbeek] accepted
this condition.
»
"Nothing went as planned"
The author then explains that he went to Amsterdam with his wife in December to “
meet the women approached by Mr. Ruitenbeek to have sexual relations
”, but that these “
relations
could have constituted
a
casting (..) but in no case
material
intended
for
dissemination.
“However, when we got there, “
nothing happened as planned
,” he continues
, “first of all, we were filmed as soon as we got off the train without
our having given permission at any time (.. .).
In the evening, Mr. Ruitenbeek came to our
hotel room, always accompanied by his cameraman,
says the writer
.
It was there that he made us
sign
a
contract
, of which I only read one
article because it was the only condition, intended
to
protect my anonymity, that
I had asked
Mr. Ruitenbeek
to
respect, because of the probably pornographic nature of the film.
For
the
rest,
I assumed it was
a
normal contract, as
I have already signed many in my life.
»
I
demanded that he leave my room, him and his cameraman.
I haven't seen him since.
Michel Houellebecq
"
The
next morning, Mr. Ruitenbeek came back accompanied
by Isa, one of the women whose photos he had sent me,
continues Houellebecq
, (...)
I exchanged kisses with Isa (these are the scenes that appear in
the
trailer
), then everything went downhill.
“After several disagreements, “
I ended up hiding under
a
sheet to avoid
being filmed ”, explains the French writer, who claims to have had “
no other contact, neither physical nor even verbal
”
afterwards.
with the young woman.
“
When Mr. Ruitenbeek says in his interview with
Vice
magazine
,
in all, four women slept with Houellebecq
"it's
a
lie
pure and simple
," says the author of
La carte et le territoire
. On December 23, "
after
a violent discussion in during which my wife and I were insulted by Mr. Ruitenbeek,
" explains the writer, "
I demanded that he leave my room, him and his cameraman. I haven't seen him since.
"
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After having "
noted with disgust
" the "
trailer
directed by Mr. Ruitenbeek, (...) preamble
to
a
longer film, which he qualified as
"pornographic", (...) I immediately took legal initiatives to try to have this broadcast banned,
to
which I had in no way given my consent
, ”concludes Michel Houellebecq.
The famous writer, tipped for a time for the Nobel Prize, had recently sparked another controversy following his comments on Muslims, made in the context of an exchange with Michel Onfray for the magazine Front
Populaire
.