Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, Les Mains libres, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.Les mains libres, brillant ! (Studio Ciné Live) L'Express. 15 June 2010. FrenchLes Mains libres de Brigitte Sy Evene. Retrieved on 29 June. FrenchLa femme et le prisonnier Le Figaro. 16 June 2010. French
Life and career She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel.Brigitte Sy – Actrice française Evene. Retrieved on 21 July 2010. French In an Arte short film collection about AIDS awareness, she revealed that she has been HIV-positive since 1990, contracted from a partner who previously had a drug addiction.10 courts contre le Sida – « Fruits de mer » de Brigitte Sy Arte. Retrieved on 21 July. French She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive."Les Mains libres" : derrière les murs de la prison, Brigitte Sy filme les émotions 15 June 2010. Le Monde. French Along with 99 other French women writers, performers and academics, she signed an open letter that argued the #MeToo movement had gone too far, turning into a "witch hunt", and denounced it as a form of puritanism, resulting in a backlash.«Nous défendons une liberté d'importuner, indispensable à la liberté sexuelle», Le Monde, 1/9/2018
She is of Sephardic Jewish descent.
Filmography
As actress Year Title Role Director Notes 1979 Memoirs of a French Whore Daniel Duval 1983 Télévision de chambre Young girl Arthur Joffé TV series (1 episode) 1984 Liberté, la nuit Micheline Philippe Garrel 1989 Les baisers de secours Jeanne Philippe Garrel1991 J'entends plus la guitare Aline Philippe Garrel Meeting Venus French Customs Officer István Szabó Cas de divorce Agnès Delsol Gérard Espinasse TV series (1 episode) 1993 Le signal The woman Mendy Younès Short1997 Genealogies of a Crime Jeanne Raúl Ruiz Ma 6-T va crack-er The director Jean-François Richet 1998 Cantique de la racaille Véronique Vincent Ravalec 2000 Combats de femme Marlène Yves Thomas TV series (1 episode)2005 Regular Lovers François's mother Philippe Garrel Des putes dans les arbres Emmanuelle Huchet Short 2006 Déluge Her mother Antoine Barraud Short2008 Fear(s) of the Dark Eric's mother Charles Burns L'été indien Alice Alain Raoust Versailles Madame Herchel Pierre Schoeller Choisir d'aimer Isabelle Rachid Hami Short Rien dans les poches Agathe Manikowski Marion Vernoux TV movie Ben et Thomas Madame Bouillon Jon Carnoy TV series (2 episodes) 2009 Nice Fanny Maud Alpi Short 2010 Les Mains libres The blond Brigitte Sy 2011 Declaration of War Claudia Benaïm Valérie Donzelli Une vie meilleure The indebtedness volunteer Cédric Kahn Dernière séance The taxi driver Laurent Achard Vourdalak France Frédérique Moreau Short Un mauvais père Madame Legendre Tigrane Avedikian Short 2012 Chacun sa nuit Claudine Marina Diaby Short2013 Nuts Madame Herschel Yann Coridian A Place on Earth Loraine Morin Fabienne Godet Vandal Christine Hélier Cisterne De l'usage du sex-toy en temps de crise The doctor Éric Pittard Surveillance Michele Sébastien Grall TV movie 2014 Wild Life Geneviève Cédric Kahn 2015 L'Astragale Rita Brigitte Sy La promenade du diable Béatrice de Staël & Brigitte Sy Short Lui au printemps, elle en hiver Hélène Catherine Klein TV movie 2017 All That Divides Us Ben's mother Thierry Klifa 2017–present Black Spot Sabine Hennequin Julien Despaux & Thierry Poiraud TV series (16 episodes) 2018 The Great Pretender Thérèse's mom Nathan Silver 2019 Invisibles Béatrice Louis-Julien Petit Online Billie Brigitte Lou Assous 2023 Little Girl Blue Monique Lange (voice) Mona Achache
As filmmaker Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 2008 L'Endroit idéal Featurette 2009 Fruits de mer TV short documentary 2010 Les Mains libres 2015 L'Astragale 2015 La Promenade du diable Featurette 2016 Les Ogres 2022 Le Bonheur est pour demain Released 2024
Awards and nominations + List of awards and nominations Year Title of work Award Category Result2009L'Endroit idéal Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Best Short Film International Istanbul Film Festival Best Short Film Festival do Rio Best Short Film Créteil International Women's Film Festival Best Short Film Lutin Short Film Award Best Fictional Film 2016L'Astragale Filmfest München Best International Film Odesa International Film Festival International Competition Film by the Sea International Film Festival Film and Literature Award 2017 Les Ogres Lumière Awards Best Screenplay
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Fruits de mer