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Tsotsi
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.
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“In this world... Redemption comes just once.”
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- Dec 23, 2005
- 1h 34m
- Sotho
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- Released
- $3.0M
- $9.9M
Movieworld ProductionsUK Film & TV Production CompanyNational Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
