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Tsotsi
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.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Tsotsi
Cast
Presley ChweneyagaeTsotsi
Jerry MofokengMorris
Terry PhetoMiriam
Zenzo NgqobeButcher
ZolaFela
Rapulana SeiphemoJohn DubeCredits
- Directed by
- Gavin Hood
- Written by
- Gavin Hood, Athol Fugard
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Tswana
- Budget
- $3M
- Box office
- $9.9M
Production
- Movieworld Productions
- UK Film & TV Production Company
- National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
Industrial Development Corporation of South AfricaSouth Africa
