Acting
Brigitte Sy
FR cinema · 40 credits
Born
26 January 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Paris, France
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. 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. Source: Article "Brigitte Sy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Filmography
Another Day
as Catherine
Le bonheur est pour demain
Director, Writer
Little Girl Blue
as Monique Lange (voice)
La rupture
as Josée
Street Flow
as TD Professor
Online Billie
as Brigitte
The Invisibles
as Béatrice, social services manager
All That Divides Us
as Ben's Mother
Ogres
Writer
Unexpected Love
as Hélène
Astragal
Director, Writer
Wild Life
as Geneviève
Vandal
as Christine, la tante
Nuts
as Mme Herschel, la psy
A Place on Earth
as Loraine Morin
Closed Circuit
as Michèle Solvy
Declaration of War
as Claudia Benaïm
A Better Life
as La femme bénévole surendettement
The Last Screening
as The taxi driver
Free Hands
Director, Scenario Writer
Nice
as Fanny
Versailles
as Madame Herchel
Choosing Love
as Isabelle
Rien dans les poches
as Agathe Manikowski
Fear(s) of the Dark
as (voice)
Déluge
as Her mother
Regular Lovers
as la mère de François
Melody for a Hustler
as Véronique
Crack 6T
as La principale du collège
Genealogies of a Crime
as Jeanne
Emergency Kisses
as Jeanne
Liberty at Night
as Micheline
Casting
as Woman of the cast
Cinématon
as N°250