Tsotsi · 2005 ·
“In this world... Redemption comes just once.”
Movie Details
Production information
12 fields
Released
2005-12-23
Runtime
94 min
Genre
Crime, Drama
Director
Gavin Hood
Writer
Athol Fugard, Gavin Hood
Country
South Africa, United Kingdom
Language
Sotho, Afrikaans, Tswana, Zulu, English
Status
Released
Budget
$3,000,000
Revenue
$9,891,303
Production
Movieworld Productions, UK Film & TV Production Company, National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Cast
Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola, Rapulana Seiphemo, Nambitha Mpumlwana, Percy Matsemela, Thembi Nyandeni, Owen Sejake
Storyline
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
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