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Tsotsi
2005
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Percy Matsemela, Terry Pheto |
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| Director | Gavin Hood |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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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 |
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| Director | Gavin Hood |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans |
| Released | DVD: 17 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005 |
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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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Fresh from its win at last weeks Oscars, Gavin Hoods important and vital if a little heavy-handed film is... read more on Time Out
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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 ... more
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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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