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Tsotsi

2005 • 1h34m Crime, Drama

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

5

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.

Details

Director

Gavin Hood

Screenplay

Gavin Hood

Cast

Presley Chweneyagae

Jerry Mofokeng

Terry Pheto

Release date

12/23/2005

Status

Released

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$9,891,303

Origin country

ZA

Vote count

334