Tsotsi
Tsotsi

Tsotsi

In this world... Redemption comes just once.

7.0(329 votes)
2005
1h 34m
Crime
Drama

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.

Production

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

Cast

Presley Chweneyagae

Presley Chweneyagae

Tsotsi

Jerry Mofokeng

Jerry Mofokeng

Morris

Terry Pheto

Terry Pheto

Miriam

Zenzo Ngqobe

Zenzo Ngqobe

Butcher

Zola

Zola

Fela

Rapulana Seiphemo

Rapulana Seiphemo

John Dube

Nambitha Mpumlwana

Nambitha Mpumlwana

Pumla Dube

Percy Matsemela

Percy Matsemela

Sergeant Zuma

Thembi Nyandeni

Thembi Nyandeni

Soekie

Owen Sejake

Owen Sejake

Gumboot Dlamini

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