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.
- Released
- 2005-12-23
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gavin Hood
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 371 votes
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
- Nambitha Mpumlwana as Pumla Dube
- Percy Matsemela as Sergeant Zuma
- Thembi Nyandeni as Soekie
- Owen Sejake as Gumboot Dlamini
- Israel Makoe as Tsotsi's father
- Sindi Khambule as Tsotsi's Mother