Crime · Drama

Tsotsi

Directed byGavin Hood

2005 · 1h 34m

Synopsis

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.

Cast & crew

Cast

  • Presley ChweneyagaeTsotsi
  • Jerry MofokengMorris
  • Terry PhetoMiriam
  • Zenzo NgqobeButcher
  • ZolaFela
  • Rapulana SeiphemoJohn Dube
  • Nambitha MpumlwanaPumla Dube
  • Percy MatsemelaSergeant Zuma
  • Thembi NyandeniSoekie
  • Owen SejakeGumboot Dlamini
  • Israel MakoeTsotsi's father
  • Sindi KhambuleTsotsi's Mother

Crew

  • Gavin HoodDirector, Writer