François Busnel
Birthday: Born in 1969-05-08 in Argenteuil, France
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
Les Grands Mythes
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Based on original animation and selected iconographies throughout art history, this series of twenty episodes tells the Greek myths. An all-picture creation, which features the fascinating destinies of gods, heroes, and great figures of mythology....
Les mythes vikings
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
A fascinating journey through Norse mythology, a huge universe inhabited by gods and mysterious creatures....
La Grande Librairie
Character: Self - Host
La Grande Librairie is a 90-minute literary program, launched by François Busnel in September 2008 and presented by Augustin Trapenard since 2022, broadcast live every Wednesday on France 5. A direct successor to Bernard Pivot's Apostrophes, it is the only literary program scheduled in prime time and is considered the most influential program on book sales, thanks to its connection with small bookstores, which attest to the return of readers in many French cities....
Movie Credits
La Maison de la Radio
Character: Self
Making a film about a radio station doesn’t sound like the most visually compelling of projects. How many takes do you need before the acoustic transition from the opening to the closing of a door is perfect or the reader's voice correctly modulated? Nicolas Philibert has accepted the challenge to portray that which cannot be seen. Shouldering his camera, he spent half a year wandering the endless corridors of Radio France’s ‘round house’ on the banks of the Seine where he filmed people who dedi...
Best in Bed
Character: Livreur
Raised to believe in performance and in the idea that all abilities must be optimized, Emma is a young, methodical woman who appears determined and relatively sure of herself. But two consecutive failures (real or imagined) lead her to believe that she has a real problem: she is useless in bed. Because she is more fragile than she appears, Emma hence decides to become... the best lay in Paris! She then sets out on a formidable plan of action (theory, practical, validation of acquired knowledge),...
Paul Auster: What If
Character: Self - Book Critic
A look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, an exploration of human identity and the soul of New York, the city that Auster has portrayed as no one else has ever done....
La pomme de la discorde - L'Iliade Épisode 1 - Les grands mythes
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L'heure des sacrifices - L'Iliade Épisode 2 - Les grands mythes
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La colère d'Achille - L'Iliade Épisode 3 - Les grands mythes
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Le sang de la déesse - L'Iliade Épisode 4 - Les grands mythes
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Le glaive et la balance - L'Iliade Épisode 5 - Les grands mythes
Character: Narrator
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La ruse d'Héra - L'Iliade Épisode 6 - Les grands mythes
Character: Narrator
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Patrocle et les Myrmidons - L'Iliade Épisode 7 - Les grands mythes
Character: Narrator
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La vengeance d'Achille - L'Iliade Épisode 8 - Les grands mythes
Character: Narrator
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Les grands mythes : L’odyssée (intégrale)
Character: Narrator
Ten years after the massacre of Troy by the Greek army, Zeus is alone on Olympus in a palace emptied of the gods. Only his daughter Athena remains at his side. She tries to convince her father that they must help Odysseus, the last Greek warrior who has not yet returned home to Ithaca....
Les grands mythes : L'Iliade (Intégrale)
Character: Narrateur
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The Victoria System
Character: Laurent
The film centers on David Kolski, who is overseeing the construction of the highest tower ever built in France. The developer’s constant pressure, crushing delivery delays, overworked employees… David lives in a hurry. One night, while returning home for dinner, he meets a woman of astonishing beauty who captivates him. He is mesmerized. This woman is Victoria. Ambitious and intelligent, beautiful and independent, the human resources director for a multinational company, she runs her life as th...