Brigitte Sy
Born January 26, 1956 (Age: 70)
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Paris, France
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Declaration of War
2011
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as Claudia Benaïm
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Age: 55
Nice
2009
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as Fanny
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Age: 53
Déluge
2006
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as Her mother
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Age: 50
Melody for a Hustler
1998
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as Véronique
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Age: 42
Crack 6T
1997
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as La principale du collège
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Age: 41
Genealogies of a Crime
1997
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as Jeanne
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Age: 41
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar
1991
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as Aline
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Age: 35
Emergency Kisses
1989
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as Jeanne
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Age: 33
The Ministries of Art
1989
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as Self
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Age: 33
Casting
1983
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as Woman of the cast
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Age: 27
Cinématon
1978
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as N°250
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Age: 22