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Tsotsi (2005)

Tsotsi (2005)

Drama Crime

In this world... Redemption comes just once.

Release Date: 2005, December 23
Directors: Gavin Hood
Countries: United Kingdom, South Africa
Production: Movieworld Productions, UK Film & TV Production Company, National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Cast: Ian Roberts, Percy Matsemela, Zenzo Ngqobe, Kenneth Nkosi, Jerry Mofokeng, Craig Palm, Nambitha Mpumlwana, Jeremiah Ndlovu, Lennox Mathabathe, Mothusi Magano, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Israel Makoe

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.

Keywords:

fight murder love police friends gang criminal johannesburg, south africa baby hijacking slum