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Brigitte Sy

Jan 26, 1956 (69 years old) in 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

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The Last Screening
The taxi driver
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La rupture
Josée
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Wild Life
Geneviève
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Rien dans les poches
Agathe Manikowski
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A Better Life
La femme bénévole surendettement
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Black Spot
Sabine Hennequin
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Regular Lovers
la mère de François
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Crack 6T
La principale du collège
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Vandal
Christine, la tante
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Casting
Woman of the cast

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