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.
Release Date | December 23, 2005 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Tsotsi | |
Runtime | 1h 34min | |
Budget | $3,000,000 | |
Revenue | $9,891,303 | |
Language | Afrikaans, English, Sotho, Tswana, Zulu | |
Original Language | Tswana | |
Production Companies | South Africa, United Kingdom | |
Production Companies | Movieworld ProductionsUK Film & TV Production CompanyNational Film & Video Foundation of South AfricaIndustrial Development Corporation of South Africa |