Tsotsi

Tsotsi

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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.

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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
Israel Makoe
Israel Makoe
Tsotsi's father
Sindi Khambule
Sindi Khambule
Tsotsi's Mother
Benny Moshe
Benny Moshe
Young Tsotsi
Mothusi Magano
Mothusi Magano
Boston
Kenneth Nkosi
Kenneth Nkosi
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Release dateDec 23 2005

Runtime1 hour 34 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesAfrikaans, Sotho, English, Zulu, Tswana

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

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