Tsotsi
7.2
“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.
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Cast
25 people
Presley Chweneyagae
Tsotsi
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Jerry Mofokeng
Morris
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Terry Pheto
Miriam
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Zenzo Ngqobe
Butcher
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Yizo Yizo
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Rapulana Seiphemo
John Dube
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Pumla Dube
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Percy Matsemela
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Blood Diamond
Thembi Nyandeni
Soekie
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The Two of Us
Thando
Owen Sejake
Gumboot Dlamini
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Israel Makoe
Tsotsi's father
Known for
I Am All Girls
Sindi Khambule
Tsotsi's Mother
No other roles listed
Gavin Hood Director · Athol Fugard Author Paul Hepker Composer
Worldwide gross $9.9M · Budget $3M · United States release February 10, 2006
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,891,303
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Movieworld Productions
Production
UK Film & TV Production Company
Production
National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
Production
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Production
Miramax
Studio
South Africa · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Tswana
Spoken on screen
Afrikaans · English · Southern Sotho · Tswana · Zulu
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 18, 2005
Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
South Africa · December 23, 2005
Theatrical
United States · February 10, 2006
Theatrical
Austria
May 5, 2006 · Digital
Canada
September 14, 2005 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
July 19, 2006 · Theatrical
Germany
May 4, 2006 · Theatrical
Greece
November 25, 2005 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
March 2, 2006 · Theatrical
Japan
April 14, 2007 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 15, 2006 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 17, 2006 · Theatrical
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