Tsotsi
2005/12/23 (US) | Crime, Drama
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.
Gavin Hood
Director
Lead Cast
Presley Chweneyagae
Tsotsi
Jerry Mofokeng
Morris
No Image
Terry Pheto
Miriam
Zenzo Ngqobe
Butcher
Zola
Fela
Rapulana Seiphemo
John Dube
No Image
Nambitha Mpumlwana
Pumla Dube
Budget
$ 3,000,000
Revenue
$ 9,891,303
Status
Released
Production Company
- Movieworld Productions
- UK Film & TV Production Company
- National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
- Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Crews
Mark Walker
Art Direction
Megan Gill
Editor
Lance Gewer
Director of Photography
Nhlanhla Bhengu
Set Decoration
Paul Hepker
Original Music Composer
Mark Kilian
Original Music Composer
Emilia Roux
Production Design