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Brigitte Sy

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Brigitte Sy

Born January 26, 1956 in Paris, France34 films

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.

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She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. 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. She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive. She opposes the feminist #MeToo movement (#BalanceTonPorc in France) and signed an anti-metoo letter in Le Monde, on 9 January 2018, arguing that men have the freedom to harass (importuner) women.

She is of Sephardic Jewish descent.

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The Invisibles poster7.0The Invisibles2019Street Flow poster6.9Street Flow2019A Better Life poster6.3A Better Life2011All That Divides Us poster5.5All That Divides Us2017Regular Lovers poster6.9Regular Lovers2005Fear(s) of the Dark poster6.2Fear(s) of the Dark2007Little Girl Blue poster6.3Little Girl Blue2023Wild Life poster6.4Wild Life2014

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. TBASang craché des lèvres bellesBéatrice
  2. 2027Le Joueur
  3. 2026Another DayCatherine
  4. 2023Little Girl BlueMonique Lange (voice)
  5. 2020La ruptureJosée
  6. 2019Online BillieBrigitte
  7. 2019Street FlowTD Professor
  8. 2019The InvisiblesBéatrice, social services manager
  9. 2017All That Divides UsBen's Mother
  10. 2015Unexpected LoveHélène
  11. 2014Wild LifeGeneviève
  12. 2013Closed CircuitMichèle Solvy
  13. 2013VandalChristine, la tante
  14. 2013A Place on EarthLoraine Morin
  15. 2013NutsMme Herschel, la psy
  16. 2011A Better LifeLa femme bénévole surendettement
  17. 2011Declaration of WarClaudia Benaïm
  18. 2011The Last ScreeningThe taxi driver
  19. 2009NiceFanny
  20. 2008Rien dans les pochesAgathe Manikowski
  21. 2008VersaillesMadame Herchel
  22. 2008Choosing LoveIsabelle
  23. 2007Fear(s) of the Dark(voice)
  24. 2006DélugeHer mother
  25. 2005Regular Loversla mère de François
  26. 1998Melody for a HustlerVéronique
  27. 1997Crack 6TLa principale du collège
  28. 1997Genealogies of a CrimeJeanne
  29. 1991I Can No Longer Hear the GuitarAline
  30. 1989Emergency KissesJeanne
  31. 1984Liberty at NightMicheline
  32. 1983CastingWoman of the cast
  33. 1982Cinématon XXVIN°250
  34. 1979Memoirs of a French Whore