
Feature film — 2005
Tsotsi (2005)
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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A high-signal pick with 371 votes.
Movieworld Productions / UK Film & TV Production Company / National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa / Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
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Director: Gavin Hood
On screen
Cast & crew
Presley Chweneyagae
Tsotsi

Jerry Mofokeng
Morris

Terry Pheto
Miriam

Zenzo Ngqobe
Butcher

Zola
Fela

Rapulana Seiphemo
John Dube
Nambitha Mpumlwana
Pumla Dube
Percy Matsemela
Sergeant Zuma
Thembi Nyandeni
Soekie

Owen Sejake
Gumboot Dlamini

Israel Makoe
Tsotsi's father
Sindi Khambule
Tsotsi's Mother
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