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.

Life and career 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. 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.

She is of Sephardic Jewish descent.

Filmography

As actress

As filmmaker Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 2008 L'Endroit idéal Featurette 2009 Fruits de mer TV short documentary 2010 Les Mains libres 2015 L'Astragale 2015 La Promenade du diable Featurette 2016 Les Ogres 2022 Le Bonheur est pour demain Released 2024

Awards and nominations