Tsotsi
“In this world... Redemption comes just once.”
2005•R•1h 34m•6.9•Released
CrimeDrama
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.
Director
Gavin Hood
Writer
Gavin Hood
Budget
$3M
Revenue
$10M
Languages
Sotho, Afrikaans, Tswana
Studio
Movieworld Productions
Cast
Presley Chweneyagae
Tsotsi
Jerry Mofokeng
Morris
Terry Pheto
Miriam
Zenzo Ngqobe
Butcher
Zola
Fela
Rapulana Seiphemo
John Dube
Nambitha Mpumlwana
Pumla Dube
Percy Matsemela
Sergeant Zuma
Thembi Nyandeni
Soekie
Owen Sejake
Gumboot Dlamini
Israel Makoe
Tsotsi's father
Sindi Khambule
Tsotsi's Mother
Benny Moshe
Young Tsotsi
Mothusi Magano
Boston
Kenneth Nkosi
Aap
Production
Company
Movieworld Productions
Company
UK Film & TV Production Company
Company
National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
Company
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Producer
Peter Fudakowski
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