Crime ·Drama · South Africa · 2005 · 1h 34m

Tsotsi

Director

Cast

Presley Chweneyagae as Tsotsi Jerry Mofokeng as Morris Terry Pheto as Miriam Zenzo Ngqobe as Butcher Zola as Fela Rapulana Seiphemo as John Dube

Crew

Lance Gewer — Director of Photography Megan Gill — Editor Paul Hepker — Original Music Composer Mark Kilian — Original Music Composer Gavin Hood — Writer Athol Fugard — Novel

Tagline

In this world... Redemption comes just once.

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.

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