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Tsotsi

Tsotsi

"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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Release DateDecember 23, 2005
StatusReleased
Original TitleTsotsi
Runtime1h 34min
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue$9,891,303
LanguageAfrikaans, English, Sotho, Tswana, Zulu
Original LanguageTswana
Production CountriesSouth Africa, United Kingdom
Production CompaniesMovieworld ProductionsUK Film & TV Production CompanyNational Film & Video Foundation of South AfricaIndustrial Development Corporation of South Africa