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Tsotsi
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Tsotsi

Dec 23, 2005
1h 34m
★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Crime
Drama

Production Companies

Movieworld Productions
UK Film & TV Production Company
National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa

Cast

Presley Chweneyagae

Tsotsi

Presley Chweneyagae

Jerry Mofokeng

Morris

Jerry Mofokeng

Terry Pheto

Miriam

Terry Pheto

Zenzo Ngqobe

Butcher

Zenzo Ngqobe

Zola

Fela

Zola

Rapulana Seiphemo

John Dube

Rapulana Seiphemo

Nambitha Mpumlwana

Pumla Dube

Nambitha Mpumlwana

Percy Matsemela

Sergeant Zuma

Percy Matsemela

Thembi Nyandeni

Soekie

Thembi Nyandeni

Owen Sejake

Gumboot Dlamini

Owen Sejake

Israel Makoe

Tsotsi's father

Israel Makoe

Sindi Khambule

Tsotsi's Mother

Sindi Khambule

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