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23/12/2005 Crime, Drama 1h 34m
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In this world... Redemption comes just once.

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.

  1. Gavin Hood

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Presley Chweneyagae

    Tsotsi

  2. Jerry Mofokeng

    Morris

  3. Terry Pheto

    Miriam

  4. Zenzo Ngqobe

    Butcher

  5. Zola

    Fela

  6. Rapulana Seiphemo

    John Dube

  7. Nambitha Mpumlwana

    Pumla Dube

  8. Percy Matsemela

    Sergeant Zuma

  9. Thembi Nyandeni

    Soekie

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
Tswana

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,891,303.00

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