Tsotsi

Tsotsi (2005)

18/08/2005 (GB)
Crime, Drama
1h 34m

In this world... Redemption comes just once.

Overview

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.

  • Gavin HoodDirector, Writer
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Setswana

  • Budget

    $3,000,000

  • Revenue

    $9,891,303

Keywords

  • baby
  • police
  • slum
  • fight
  • johannesburg, south africa
  • love
  • friends
  • murder
  • gang
  • criminal
  • hijack

Top Billed Cast

Presley Chweneyagae

Presley Chweneyagae

Tsotsi

Jerry Mofokeng

Jerry Mofokeng

Morris

Terry Pheto

Miriam

Zenzo Ngqobe

Zenzo Ngqobe

Butcher

Zola

Zola

Fela

Rapulana Seiphemo

Rapulana Seiphemo

John Dube

Nambitha Mpumlwana

Pumla Dube

Percy Matsemela

Sergeant Zuma

Thembi Nyandeni

Soekie

Owen Sejake

Gumboot Dlamini

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