Tsotsi
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2005-12-23
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Gavin Hood
Writer: Gavin Hood
Spoken language: Afrikaans, English, , , isiZulu
Genres: Crime, Drama
Original title: Tsotsi
Production Companies: Movieworld Productions, UK Film & TV Production Company, National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Production Countries: South Africa, United Kingdom
Cast
Presley Chweneyagae
Jerry Mofokeng
Terry Pheto
Zenzo Ngqobe
Zola
Rapulana Seiphemo
Nambitha Mpumlwana
Percy Matsemela
Thembi Nyandeni
Owen Sejake
Israel Makoe
Sindi Khambule
Benny Moshe
Mothusi Magano
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