Brigitte Sy

Brigitte Sy
Sy in 2015
Born	(1956-01-26) 26 January 1956 (age 69) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Film director, actress, screenwriter
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Philippe Garrel (divorced)
Children	Louis Garrel Esther Garrel

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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Life and career

She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel. ^[4] 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. ^[5] She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive. ^[6] 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. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

She is of Sephardic Jewish descent. ^{[10] [11]}

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 Garrel
1991	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	Short
1997	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	Short
2008	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	Short
2013	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		Notes
		Director	Screenwriter
2008	L'Endroit idéal	Yes	Yes	Featurette
2009	Fruits de mer	Yes	Yes	TV short documentary
2010	Les Mains libres	Yes	Yes
2015	L'Astragale	Yes	Yes
2015	La Promenade du diable	Yes	Yes	Featurette
2016	Les Ogres		Yes
2022	Le Bonheur est pour demain	Yes	Yes	Released 2024

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Title of work	Award	Category	Result
2009	L'Endroit idéal	Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival	Best Short Film	Nominated
		International Istanbul Film Festival	Best Short Film	Nominated
		Festival do Rio	Best Short Film	Nominated
		Créteil International Women's Film Festival	Best Short Film	Won
		Lutin Short Film Award	Best Fictional Film	Nominated
2016	L'Astragale	Filmfest München	Best International Film	Nominated
		Odesa International Film Festival	International Competition	Nominated
		Film by the Sea International Film Festival	Film and Literature Award	Nominated
2017	Les Ogres	Lumière Awards	Best Screenplay	Nominated

References

1. Les mains libres, brillant ! (Studio Ciné Live) L'Express. 15 June 2010. French
2. Les Mains libres de Brigitte Sy Evene. Retrieved on 29 June. French
3. La femme et le prisonnier Le Figaro. 16 June 2010. French
4. Brigitte Sy – Actrice française Evene. Retrieved on 21 July 2010. French
5. 10 courts contre le Sida – « Fruits de mer » de Brigitte Sy Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Arte. Retrieved on 21 July. French
6. "Les Mains libres" : derrière les murs de la prison, Brigitte Sy filme les émotions 15 June 2010. Le Monde. French
7. "Catherine Deneuve and 100 French women denounce #MeToo 'puritanism'". DW.COM. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
8. "Catherine Deneuve's claim of #MeToo witch-hunt sparks backlash". The Guardian. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
9. «Nous défendons une liberté d'importuner, indispensable à la liberté sexuelle», Le Monde, 1/9/2018
10. "Petit Tailleur, le coup de foudre filmé par Louis Garrel". Les Inrocks (in French). 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
11. "Transmissions avec Louis et Philippe Garrel". www.franceinter.fr (in French). 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

External links

• Brigitte Sy at IMDb
• Fruits de mer