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

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and

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whom she had with the director

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. In an

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short film collection about AIDS awareness, she revealed that she has been

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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

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), 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

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descent.

Filmography

As actress

As filmmaker

Awards and nominations

References

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