Passi
Biography: Passi, real name Passi Balende, is a Franco-Congolese rapper, singer-songwriter and producer. He is regarded by the specialist press as one of the founding fathers of French rap, along with NTM, IAM and MC Solaar. Passi first came to prominence as a member of Ministère A.M.E.R., the group he formed with his friends to record the soundtrack to the film La Haine, before embarking on a solo career. Passi made his television debut in Mamady Sidibé's series Inspecteur Sori : le mamba, then went on to appear in the film No Way, co-produced by Ivorian director Owell Brown. After a few appearances and small roles, in 2019 he landed the lead role in Lisa Bierwirth's film The Prince, which he co-stars in with Austrian actress Ursula Strauss, playing in English for the first time.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 21, 1972
Deathday: N/A
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A Fragile Bond
2019-11-18
A Fragile Bond
Overview: Mina was adopted from Ethiopia by Judith and Lionel, a married couple who already were the parents of a biological daughter. Though she was abandoned by her mother as a baby, it didn't really seem to have much of an impact on her. But when Mina turns thirteen, an identity crisis takes a hold of the girl. She is caught between two worlds - and feels nowhere at home. Mina snaps and descends into a destructive downwards spiral. Jealous of her non-adopted sister, she starts acting out, pitting her father and mother against each other and thereby dividing the entire family. Judith and Lionel don't know what to do. Will their parental love and kindness be enough to heal Mina's wounds?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-11-18
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Prince
2021-09-30
Prince
Overview: Perhaps they should never have met, but fate wanted otherwise. Monika and Joseph. She is a curator, he is an immigrant from Congo, a businessman with an unclear past and present. They meet during a police raid at a bar, when the first of many sparks flies between them. An understated love story, a melodrama without pathos, a fragile story about the ambiguous nature of love and the impossibility of overcoming it through reason.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-09-30
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Skate Or Die
2008-06-11
Skate Or Die
Overview: Jérôme and Benjamin are two young skateboarders whose carefree existence is turned upside down when they witness the murder of a drug dealer. Rumbled by the assassins they manage to escape. Taking refuge in a police station they then discover that the criminals are actually the crooked cops. Then begins a relentless chase through the streets of Paris as Jérôme and Benjamin attempt to outwit their unscrupulous pursuers... Utilising real Paris locations and two of France's top street skaters, Skate Or Die is an adrenalin rush thriller for the Red Bull generation.
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-06-11
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NRJ Music Awards 2005 - Les clips
2005-01-01
NRJ Music Awards 2005 - Les clips
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Symphonic Hip Hop 5
2020-11-07
Symphonic Hip Hop 5
Overview: "Hip Hop Symphonique" features French rap's greatest hits, arranged and performed live with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Hip-hop is quick to use codes to its advantage, and has found its own tempo thanks to concerts given with the complicity of Mouv'. The fifth edition features Lous And The Yakuza, Maes, Meryl, Passi and Soolking.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-11-07
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Rap Attack
2002-05-10
Rap Attack
Overview: A documentary at the heart of French rap: its beginnings, its history, its influences. Featuring exclusive interviews, freestyles, and live performances from the French rap scene.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-05-10
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I Rap Therefore I Am
1999-01-01
I Rap Therefore I Am
Overview: Rap ? Violent words, a social chronicle without complacency at a time of the politically correct and a wishywashy consensus. Twenty years after its first babblings in the popular quarters of New York, rap has imposed its presence beyond the borders. Je rap donc je suis (I Rap Therefore I Am) goes around five different towns where it meets rappers driven by the same motivation. In Paris and its suburbs, Marseille and its districts, Algiers, London or Berlin, rappers move, play, record, teach... And above all, they talk. Outside of any promotional context, the present-day heralds of French hip-hop, from La Rumeur to IAM, speak about the role of rap, the environment in which it was born, boredom, the feeling of belonging to a sacrificed generation, drugs in districts of towns, immigration, parents, political and social actors, the police, school, writing, money, the parallel economy, violence...
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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RapLine
1993-09-10
RapLine
Overview: Between 1990 and 1993, at a time when rap was not yet on the radio in France, Olivier Cachin hosted a musical TV show on M6 called "RapLine". The show exclusively devoted to rap and other alternative music. This cult show presented all the facets of these emerging movements through interviews, lives and clips made especially for the show, around fifty clips were produced by RapLine. Another sequence of the show consisted of broadcasting new US rap clips subtitled in French.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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La folie des années 90
2010-03-01
La folie des années 90
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-03-01
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Secteur Ä
2018-02-23
Secteur Ä
Overview: One of the hottest groups in French rap in the 90s is making a comeback this year. A few months ago, Doc Gyneco announced the reformation of Secteur Ä in its entirety, including Doc Gyneco, Passi, Pit Baccardi, Ärsenik, Stomy Bugsy, les Neg' Marrons, Mc Janik and Singuila. To mark the occasion, the first episode of a documentary dedicated to the Secteur Ä collective has just been released. In it, the members talk about their memories of the time, but also about how rap and hip-hop have evolved over the past 30 years.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-02-23
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French Game
2019-04-08
French Game
Overview: A chronological and thematic history of French rap, told through a list of 11 short films, emblematic titles from 1990 to the present day. Each episode ends with an original cover by an emerging French artist or rapper.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-04-08
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