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Tsotsi

Tsotsi
★ 6.9/10•2005•1h 34m•R•Crime•Drama

In this world... Redemption comes just once.

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 Hood · Director

Gavin Hood · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 34m
LanguageTN
Release DateDec 23, 2005
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue$9,891,303

Actors

Presley Chweneyagae

Tsotsi

Jerry Mofokeng

Jerry Mofokeng

Morris

Terry Pheto

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

Owen Sejake

Gumboot Dlamini

Israel Makoe

Israel Makoe

Tsotsi's father

Sindi Khambule

Tsotsi's Mother

Benny Moshe

Young Tsotsi

Mothusi Magano

Mothusi Magano

Boston

Kenneth Nkosi

Kenneth Nkosi

Aap

Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

Captain Smit

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