Film · Crime, Drama
Tsotsi (2005)
In this world... Redemption comes just once.
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.
- Director
- Gavin Hood
- Writers
- Athol Fugard, Gavin Hood
- Country
- South Africa
- Language
- Tswana
- Release date
- December 23, 2005
Cast
- Presley ChweneyagaeTsotsi
Jerry MofokengMorris
Terry PhetoMiriam
Zenzo NgqobeButcher
ZolaFela
Rapulana SeiphemoJohn Dube- Nambitha MpumlwanaPumla Dube
- Percy MatsemelaSergeant Zuma
- Thembi NyandeniSoekie
Owen SejakeGumboot Dlamini
Israel MakoeTsotsi's father- Sindi KhambuleTsotsi's Mother
- Benny MosheYoung Tsotsi
Mothusi MaganoBoston
Kenneth NkosiAap
Ian RobertsCaptain Smit- Bheki VilakaziNewspaper Vendor
- Craig PalmYoung Cop
- Jeremiah NdlovuOld Man at the Tap
- Sibusiso MkizeYoung Aap
