Brigitte Sy | |
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 Sy in 2015 | |
| Born | 26 January 1956 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]
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]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Lumières Award | Best Screenplay | Nominated |
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