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In this world... Redemption comes just once. - Tsotsi
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Title: Tsotsi

Release Date: 23 Dec 2005

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Movieworld Productions, UK Film & TV Production Company, National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa

Production Companies: Movieworld Productions, UK Film & TV Production Company, National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa

Overview: The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just stolen. He decides that it his responsibility to take care of the baby and in the process learns that maybe the gangster life isn’t the best way.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7 (323 votes)

Cast

  • Tsotsi: Presley Chweneyagae
  • Morris: Jerry Mofokeng
  • Miriam: Terry Pheto
  • Butcher: Zenzo Ngqobe
  • Fela: Zola
  • John Dube: Rapulana Seiphemo
  • Pumla Dube: Nambitha Mpumlwana
  • Sergeant Zuma: Percy Matsemela
  • Soekie: Thembi Nyandeni
  • Gumboot Dlamini: Owen Sejake
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