Brigitte Sy

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.

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L'Opéra 2021TV show as Nadia Menour

Têtard 2019TV show as La mère de Ben

Reformed 2025TV show as Jeannine

Declaration of War 2011Movie as Claudia Benaïm

Nice 2009Movie as Fanny

Regular Lovers 2005Movie as la mère de François

The Invisibles 2019Movie as Béatrice, social services manager

All That Divides Us 2017Movie as Ben's Mother

Little Girl Blue 2023Movie as Monique Lange (voice)

Wild Life 2014Movie as Geneviève