• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2005-12-23
  • Runtime94 minutes
  • TaglineIn this world... Redemption comes just once.
  • Revenue9,891,303$
  • GenreCrime, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesMovieworld Productions, UK Film & TV Production Company, National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
  • Budget3,000,000$

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Presley Chweneyagae

Jerry Mofokeng

Zenzo Ngqobe

Zola

Rapulana Seiphemo

Israel Makoe

Mothusi Magano

Kenneth Nkosi

Ian Roberts

Lennox Mathabathe