Filmmaker Stefan Ruitenbeek must show the film in which Michel Houellebecq plays the leading role to the French writer before its release. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has determined this after Houellebecq feared that the film with sex scenes would damage his reputation. Ruitenbeek of the Dutch artist collective KIRAC edits a film with recordings by Houellebecq that were made at the end of last year.

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