Brigitte Sy
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Brigitte Sy is a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut Les mains libres
Les mains libres
Les mains libres is a 2010 French drama film directed by Brigitte Sy. It stars Ronit Elkabetz, Carlo Brandt, and Noémie Lvovsky. It was released theatrically in France on 16 June 2010. It is a feature-length prequel to Sy's 2008 short film, L'endroit idéal.-Plot:Barbara is a filmmaker developing...

was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.

Personal life

She is the mother of the actor Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel is a French actor. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci...

 who she had with the director, Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer. His movies have won him awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival...

. In an Arte
Arte
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 short film collection about AIDS
AIDS
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 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
Les mains libres
Les mains libres is a 2010 French drama film directed by Brigitte Sy. It stars Ronit Elkabetz, Carlo Brandt, and Noémie Lvovsky. It was released theatrically in France on 16 June 2010. It is a feature-length prequel to Sy's 2008 short film, L'endroit idéal.-Plot:Barbara is a filmmaker developing...

and L'endroit idéal
L'endroit idéal
L'endroit idéal is a 2008 French short film starring Ronit Elkabetz. It was written and directed by Brigitte Sy. It was later adapted into the 2010 feature-length film, Les mains libres.-Plot synopsis:...

where the protagonist, Barbara (played by Ronit Elkabetz
Ronit Elkabetz
Ronit Elkabetz is an Israeli actress and filmmaker. She works in both Israeli and French cinema. She has won three Ophir Awards and has received a total of seven nominations.- Biography :...

) is HIV-positive.

Filmography

Actress
Year Title Role Notes
1979 Memoirs of a French Whore Original title: La dérobade
1983 Liberté, la nuit Micheline, Laszlo's wife Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer. His movies have won him awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival...

 film
1989 Les baisers de secours Jeanne Philippe Garrel film. AKA Emergency Kisses
1991 Cas de divorce Agnès Delsol 1 episode: Saulnier contre Saulnier
1991 J'entends plus la guitare Aline Philippe Garrel film
1991 Meeting Venus
Meeting Venus
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French Customs Officer István Szabó
István Szabó
István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...

 film
1997 Généalogies d'un crime Jeanne Raúl Ruiz film
1997 Ma 6-T va crack-er
Ma 6-T va crack-er
Ma 6-T va crack-er is a French movie, directed by Jean-François Richet in 1997, caricaturing gang warfare....

Proviseur Jean-François Richet
Jean-François Richet
Jean-Francois Richet is a French screenwriter, director, and producer, born on July 2, 1966 in Paris. He grew up in Meaux, a suburb east of Paris.-Selected filmography:* État des lieux - named at the César Awards 1996 in the Best Debut category....

 film
1998 Melody for a Hustler Véronique Original title: Cantique de la racaille
2000 L'amour prisonnier Marlène TV movie
2005 Regular Lovers
Regular Lovers (film)
Regular Lovers is a 2005 film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring his son, actor Louis Garrel. The director's father, actor Maurice Garrel, also appears in the film in a supporting role...

la mère de François Philippe Garrel film
2006 Déluge Her Mother Short film
2007 L'été indien Alice
2007 Fear(s) of the Dark
Fear(s) of the Dark
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(voice) Original title: Peur(s) du noir
2008 Choisir d'aimer Isabelle
2008 Versailles Mme Herchel Pierre Schöller film
2008 Ben et Thomas
Ben et Thomas
Ben et Thomas is a French TV series created by Mike Horelick and Jon Carnoy that first aired on May 31, 2008 on France 4.-Synopsis:Ben Rosenberg and Thomas Verne are two highschool friends into skateboard. One is a geek, the other is more down-to-earth, but they make a great pair...

Mme Bouillon, the French teacher 2 episodes
2008 Rien dans les poches Agathe Manikowski TV movie

Director
Year Title Notes
2008 L'endroit idéal
L'endroit idéal
L'endroit idéal is a 2008 French short film starring Ronit Elkabetz. It was written and directed by Brigitte Sy. It was later adapted into the 2010 feature-length film, Les mains libres.-Plot synopsis:...

2009 Fruits de Mer TV
2010 Les mains libres
Les mains libres
Les mains libres is a 2010 French drama film directed by Brigitte Sy. It stars Ronit Elkabetz, Carlo Brandt, and Noémie Lvovsky. It was released theatrically in France on 16 June 2010. It is a feature-length prequel to Sy's 2008 short film, L'endroit idéal.-Plot:Barbara is a filmmaker developing...


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