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Tsotsi (name of the main character, meaning 'gangster' in South African slang) is a crime drama following 6 days in...
Tsotsi (name of the main character, meaning 'gangster' in South African slang) is a crime drama following 6 days in the life a young gang leader in Johannesburg. It's often compared to Brazil's City Of God for all the bells & whistles in terms of camera whiz-bangery, and the story's emotional pull. It also showcases SA's hip-hop inspired Kwaito music.
Tsotsi (first time actor Chweneyagae) is a hardened, violent criminal who, after a falling out with his own gang, shoots an affluent woman and steals her car. Whilst driving away he realizes he has also unwittingly kidnapped the woman's baby. Unable to leave the child, he takes it with him and attempts to care for it.
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82 %130 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
86 %39,226 reviewsAudience score rating
"Emotionally gripping and continually surprising, and it does the great thing - it takes you there, to the heart of somewhere else."
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald"This remarkable movie means to shake you, and boy does it ever..."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"What a simple and yet profound story this is."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"With lively pacing, superb performances and a candid yet forgiving heart, Hood has created an inverse fairy tale that is never less than absorbing..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineTsotsi | Details
Award winner- Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards 2006. Audience Award winner at Toronto 2005.
- Rating
- M, contains violence & offensive language
- Runtime
- 94
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- South Africa, UK
