Brigitte Sy

{{Infobox person

|name=Brigitte Sy

|image=OIFF 2015-07-14 115229 - Brigitte Sy.jpg

|caption=Sy in 2015

|birth_name=

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1956|01|26|df=y}}

|birth_place= Paris, France

|nationality=

|occupation=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.[http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/les-mains-libres_899156.html Les mains libres, brillant ! (Studio Ciné Live)] L'Express. 15 June 2010. French[http://www.evene.fr/cinema/films/les-mains-libres-33293.php?critiques Les Mains libres de Brigitte Sy] Evene. Retrieved on 29 June. French[http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2010/06/15/03002-20100615ARTFIG00493-la-femme-et-le-prisonnier.php La femme et le prisonnier] Le Figaro. 16 June 2010. French

Life and career

She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel whom she had with the director Philippe Garrel.[http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/brigitte-sy-37471.php Brigitte Sy – Actrice française] Evene. Retrieved on 21 July 2010. French 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.[http://www.arte.tv/fr/Videos-sur-ARTE-TV/2151166,CmC=2956156.html 10 courts contre le Sida – « Fruits de mer » de Brigitte Sy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320024334/http://www.arte.tv/fr/Videos-sur-ARTE-TV/2151166,CmC=2956156.html |date=20 March 2012 }} Arte. Retrieved on 21 July. French She also addresses the issue in Les mains libres and L'endroit idéal where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz), is HIV-positive.[http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2010/06/15/les-mains-libres-derriere-les-murs-de-la-prison-brigitte-sy-filme-les-emotions_1373169_3476.html "Les Mains libres" : derrière les murs de la prison, Brigitte Sy filme les émotions] 15 June 2010. Le Monde. French 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.{{Cite web|title=Catherine Deneuve and 100 French women denounce #MeToo 'puritanism' |url=https://www.dw.com/en/catherine-deneuve-and-100-french-women-denounce-metoo-puritanism/a-42084154|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|access-date=23 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Catherine Deneuve's claim of #MeToo witch-hunt sparks backlash|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/10/catherine-deneuve-claim-metoo-witch-hunt-backlash|date=10 January 2018|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=23 May 2020}}[http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2018/01/09/nous-defendons-une-liberte-d-importuner-indispensable-a-la-liberte-sexuelle_5239134_3232.html «Nous défendons une liberté d'importuner, indispensable à la liberté sexuelle», Le Monde, 1/9/2018]

She is of Sephardic Jewish descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/cinema/films-a-l-affiche/petit-tailleur-le-coup-de-foudre-filme-par-louis-garrel/|title=Petit Tailleur, le coup de foudre filmé par Louis Garrel|date=6 October 2010|website=Les Inrocks|language=fr-FR|access-date=25 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/l-heure-bleue/l-heure-bleue-25-decembre-2018|title=Transmissions avec Louis et Philippe Garrel|website=www.franceinter.fr|date=25 December 2018 |language=fr|access-date=25 March 2020}}

Filmography

=As actress=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" \| 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 \|
rowspan=3\|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
rowspan=2\|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)
rowspan=2\|2005 \| Regular Lovers \| François's mother \| Philippe Garrel \|
Des putes dans les arbres \| \| Emmanuelle Huchet \| Short
2006 \| Déluge \| Her mother \| Antoine Barraud \| Short
rowspan=6\|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 \|
rowspan=5\|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
rowspan=5\|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 \|
rowspan=3\|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 \|
rowspan=2\|2019 \| Invisibles \| Béatrice \| Louis-Julien Petit \|
Online Billie \| Brigitte \| Lou Assous \|
2023 \| Little Girl Blue \| Monique Lange (voice) \| Mona Achache

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

! class="unsortable" | 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

rowspan=3|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

rowspan=2|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)

rowspan=2|2005

| Regular Lovers

| François's mother

| Philippe Garrel

Des putes dans les arbres

| Emmanuelle Huchet

| Short

2006

| Déluge

| Her mother

| Antoine Barraud

| Short

rowspan=6|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

rowspan=5|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

rowspan=5|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

rowspan=3|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

rowspan=2|2019

| Invisibles

| Béatrice

| Louis-Julien Petit

Online Billie

| Brigitte

| Lou Assous

2023

| Little Girl Blue

| Monique Lange (voice)

| Mona Achache

=As filmmaker=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan=2 width="33"\| Year ! rowspan=2\| Title ! colspan=2\| Credited as ! rowspan=2\| Notes
width=65 \|Director ! width=65 \|Screenwriter
align="center" \| 2008 \| align="left"\| L'Endroit idéal \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Featurette
align="center" \| 2009 \| align="left"\| Fruits de mer \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| TV short documentary
align="center" \| 2010 \| align="left"\| Les Mains libres \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
align="center" \| 2015 \| align="left"\| L'Astragale \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
align="center" \| 2015 \| align="left"\| La Promenade du diable \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Featurette
align="center" \| 2016 \| align="left"\| Les Ogres \| \| {{yes}} \|
align="center" \| 2022 \| align="left"\| Le Bonheur est pour demain \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Released 2024

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! rowspan=2 width="33"| Year

! rowspan=2| Title

! colspan=2| Credited as

! rowspan=2| Notes

width=65 |Director

! width=65 |Screenwriter

align="center" | 2008

| align="left"| L'Endroit idéal

| {{yes}}

| Featurette

align="center" | 2009

| align="left"| Fruits de mer

| {{yes}}

| TV short documentary

align="center" | 2010

| align="left"| Les Mains libres

| {{yes}}

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| L'Astragale

| {{yes}}

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| La Promenade du diable

| {{yes}}

| Featurette

align="center" | 2016

| align="left"| Les Ogres

| {{yes}}

align="center" | 2022

| align="left"| Le Bonheur est pour demain

| {{yes}}

| Released 2024

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of awards and nominations
Year ! Title of work ! Award ! Category ! Result
rowspan=5\|2009 \| rowspan=5\|L'Endroit idéal \| Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival \| Best Short Film \| {{Nom}}
International Istanbul Film Festival \| Best Short Film \| {{Nom}}
Festival do Rio \| Best Short Film \| {{Nom}}
Créteil International Women's Film Festival \| Best Short Film \| {{Won}}
Lutin Short Film Award \| Best Fictional Film \| {{Nom}}
rowspan=3\|2016 \| rowspan=3\|L'Astragale \| Filmfest München \| Best International Film \| {{Nom}}
Odesa International Film Festival \| International Competition \| {{Nom}}
Film by the Sea International Film Festival \| Film and Literature Award \| {{Nom}}
2017 \| Les Ogres \| Lumières Award \| Best Screenplay \| {{Nom}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of awards and nominations

Year

! Title of work

! Award

! Category

! Result

rowspan=5|2009

| rowspan=5|L'Endroit idéal

| Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

| Best Short Film

| {{Nom}}