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Tsotsi Details

2005

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Starring	Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Percy Matsemela, Terry Pheto
Director	Gavin Hood
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

Tsotsi

An Academy Award winning film about a gritty young gang leader named Tsotsi who lives on the dangerous and crime-ridden streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. This deeply affecting film traces six days in Tsotsi's life in which he ends up caring for a baby he accidentally kidnaps during a carjacking. With the baby's welfare at stake, Tsotsi is compelled to confront his own brutal nature and face the consequences of his actions if he ever wishes to find redemption in his life.

This riveting drama about the triumph of love over rage is based on the acclaimed book by author and playwright Athol Fugard and features South African dance music, Kwaito.

Starring	Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Percy Matsemela, Terry Pheto, Jerry Mofokeng, Rapulana Seiphemo, Ian Roberts, Kenneth Nkosi
Director	Gavin Hood
Studio	MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 34 mins
Certificate
Collections	FILMCLUB Recommends..., South Africa vs Mexico
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: English
Subtitles	DVD: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans
Released	Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 17 Jul 2006

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- Hood elicits a great performance from Presley Chweneyagae as the delinquent hero slowly beginning to question his life of casual violence... Individual scenes are staged with tremendous verve
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- - Sight and Sound
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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  Glad I Saw this....
  
  Be absorbed into a cruel and relentless world of random violence and crime due to poverty and abandonment. Be taken a journey with the main character, played ... read more »
  
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  - Ash
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  - 25 Jan 2006 at 13:21
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  Fab world cinema
  
  There is a need for more world cinema.
  
  Captivating, real life struggle.
  
  Characters are well thought out and you wish Tsotsi to do the ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Nov 2011 at 23:02
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  A glimmer of hope extinguished
  
  A moving study of post-Apartheid life in South Africa for an AIDS orphan, highlighting class differences and grinding poverty as the key issues. Tsotsi's ... read more »
  
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- - ManchesterMike
  - 22 reviews
  - 19 Nov 2011 at 18:24
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  Tsotsi ok
  
  Tsotsi It's ok nothing to write home about ,its not one of my favourite films wouldn't watch a second time.
  
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  - 10 Nov 2011 at 12:07
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Mandela shares mischievous youth stories with Tsotsi stars
- 17 Mar 2006
Nelson Mandela has admitted that he indulged in a little criminal behaviour in his younger years. After meeting the cast of Oscar award winning film Tsotsi, the elderly statesman said he identified with the main gangster character of the film through his younger days as a pig thief. He told cast members Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto and director Gary Hood that he used to use beer dregs to attract pigs for roasting. "We'd go to the direction of the wind, so that the wind would blow... Read more
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25,649 Member ratings

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90	2,663
80	6,668
70	5,435
60	4,137
50	1,839
40	1,031
30	559
20	452
10	225

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  An Academy Award winning film about a gritty young gang leader named Tsotsi who lives on the dangerous and crime-ridden streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. This deeply affecting film traces six days in Tsotsi's life in which he ends up caring for a baby he accidentally kidnaps during a ...