Oxmo Puccino

Acting

Oxmo Puccino

Born 1974-08-04 · Ségou, Mali

Abdoulaye Plea Diarra (born 3 August 1974), better known by his stage name Oxmo Puccino, is a French-Malian rapper. A longtime hip hop fan, at age 21 Diarra began his collaboration with the fledgling rap collective Time Bomb, honing his craft alongside future superstars like Booba and Diam's. He quickly developed into a lyricist with a metaphorical ingenuity far more advanced than his contemporaries, crafting violent yet strangely poetic portraits of urban Paris life and drawing on the street-smart American hip-hop of the Notorious B.I.G. and other icons to document life in Paris' hardscrabble 19th district. In 1996 Oxmo Puccino made his recorded debut with Pucc. Fiction, a contribution to the compilation L432. A series of subsequent mixtape appearances solidified his growing reputation within the French rap underground, and in 1998 he issued his solo debut, Opéra Puccino. Its 2001 follow-up, L'Amour Est Mort, proved Puccino's creative and commercial breakthrough, while 2004's Le Cactus de Sibérie confirmed his star status. After signing to the venerable jazz label Blue Note, Puccino assembled a new backing group, the Jazzbastards, to record 2006's Lipopette Bar. In 2007, rapper Styles P. used the instrumental of "Black Desperado" in his own album Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman), in the song "Holiday". The track was produced by DJ Green Lantern. In 2011, he was in a Nike ad promotion reciting a passage from Cyrano de Bergerac. He has appeared in 2011 music video for "1990" by Orelsan, as a tribute to the 1990s. He was invited to sing the track in Orelsan's live tour as a guest in the Paris Olympia gig in 2012. He is featured as the spoken word artist on Ibrahim Maalouf's track, "Douce", from the 2011 studio album, "Diagnostic". Puccino was born in 1974 in Ségou, Mali. He came to Paris one year later, and lived in the 19th arrondissement from the age of 5. Oxmo Puccino is the older brother of the French international basketball player Mamoutou Diarra. Source: Article "Oxmo Puccino" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

Arco poster
7.5

Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.

Arco

2025

Arthur and the Invisibles poster
6.4

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.

Arthur and the Invisibles

2006

Satan poster
5.8

A group of young people leave a disco and bump into a shepherd who is ready to spend his night worshipping Satan.

Satan

2006

Black Moon poster
5.0

One island. Three men. An old manuscript. A funeral march heading to insanity.

Black Moon

2014

Les Clippeurs poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les Clippeurs

2013

Ibrahim Maalouf - Alcaline le Concert poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ibrahim Maalouf - Alcaline le Concert

2015

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

2018

MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre poster
6.1

Mister V revisits Studio Bagel's iconic sketchshow through three shows, each consisting of six to seven sketches.

MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre

2022

À la poursuite de Claude Lelouch poster
5.0

Life is paused. ACTION. Camera rolling. As Claude Lelouch's voice imparts the wisdom that comes with a life lived to the fullest, we leave that voice behind and join his camera. It will take us on a journey through his filmography, where actors perform the ballet of life and love.

À la poursuite de Claude Lelouch

2026

Rap Attack poster
8.0

A documentary at the heart of French rap in 2002: its beginnings, its history, its influences. Featuring interviews, freestyles, and previously unseen live performances from French rap artists. Dance, graffiti, and DJing are explored with most of the pioneers of the movement, such as Squat, Dee Nasty, Crazy B, Lionel D, Kool Shen, DJ Mehdi… as well as Mode2 and Jon One for graffiti. The 1 hour and 20 minutes alternate between footage of concerts and artists in the studio, like DJ Pone, with commentary primarily from rappers but also from other key figures. A remarkable retrospective and work beginning with archival photos from New York.

Rap Attack

2002

Le festival des festivals poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le festival des festivals

2020

Maybe Tomorrow poster
2.3

Harry wakes up next to a woman he met the day before. Just another woman. Harry’s a regular womanizer, but that day he starts wondering where his life is going.

Maybe Tomorrow

2008

Adama: The World of Wind poster
6.1

12 year-­old Adama lives in a remote village in West Africa, sheltered by the cliffs. Out beyond lies "the world of wind," the kingdom of wicked spirits hungry for war. When his elder brother Samba suddenly vanishes from the village, Adama decides to set off in search of him, crossing into a Europe in the grip of World War I.

Adama: The World of Wind

2015

Classico poster
4.9

Sami works in a children's home which is set to be closed. The young man is an enthusiastic stadium usher and has convinced the president of the Olympique de Marseille football club to help them keep it open.

Classico

2022

French Game poster
NR

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.

French Game

2019

Oxmo Puccino: Pam pa nam poster
NR

Music video for the song "Pam pa man" by Oxmo Puccino

Oxmo Puccino: Pam pa nam

2013

Symphonic Hip Hop 2 poster
NR

Building on the success of the first edition, Mouv', the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France and Adami present the second creation of HIP HOP SYMPHONIQUE. Oxmo Puccino, Gaël Faye, Les Sages Poètes de la rue, Georgio and Black M will join forces for this unique concert combining hip-hop and symphonic music, under the artistic direction of Issam Krimi.

Symphonic Hip Hop 2

2017

Conte de la frustration poster
6.9

No synopsis available yet.

Conte de la frustration

2010

Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim

2003

Paname, Le Grand Paris du Rap poster
10.0

And what if rap had been the first and true manifestation of the Grand Paris? Paname, le Grand Paris du rap tells the story of an extraordinary decade, the 2010s, during which the Île-de-France region established itself as one of the main centers of rap music worldwide. From the Sexion d'Assaut to PNL, via l'Entourage, Kaaris, MHD and Fianso, we delve into the roots of this scene, drawing on its diversity, and navigating both sides of the ring road: a look back at ten years that have changed music... or that music has changed.

Paname, Le Grand Paris du Rap

2023

Oxmo Puccino à l'Adidas Arena poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Oxmo Puccino à l'Adidas Arena

2026

EJM QUI EST-IL ? poster
NR

"EJM QUI EST-IL ?" is a documentary directed by Mehdi BARA and released in 2011. It features numerous testimonies from fellow rappers such as Akhenaton, Oxmo Puccino, Disiz La Peste, Kery James, Rohff, among others. In an interview, Mehdi BARA explains his motivations for creating this documentary. Through this film, he expresses his desire to introduce himself, showcase 10 to 20 years of his career, highlight his evolution, and narrate the history and foundation of French rap to give it value.

EJM QUI EST-IL ?

2011

Génération Rap RnB 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Génération Rap RnB 2

2004

A Flower in the Mouth poster
NR

A Flower in the Mouth is a film diptych about time running out and how to live through the days that remain. The first act, filmed as an observational documentary in the world’s largest flower market, follows millions of bouquets transiting through a cavernous refrigerated hangar to be sold at auction, an industrial process at once both beautiful and terrifying. The film transitions to fiction in a second act freely adapted from a Pirandello play. A man with a flower-shaped tumour on his lip accosts a traveller in an all-night café. Their seemingly mundane conversation becomes a metaphysical monologue as the man, feeling death approach, clings to life by scrupulously observing its activity, watching reality in every detail, as if to fill the gap between himself and the rest of the world.

A Flower in the Mouth

2022

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