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.
Directed by Gavin Hood
baby
police
slum
fight
hijacking
johannesburg, south africa
love
friends
murder
gang
criminal
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
Presley Chweneyagae
Tsotsi
Jerry Mofokeng
Morris
Terry Pheto
Miriam
Zenzo Ngqobe
Butcher
Zola
Fela
Rapulana Seiphemo
John Dube
Owen Sejake
Gumboot Dlamini
Israel Makoe
Tsotsi's father
Mothusi Magano
Boston
Kenneth Nkosi
Aap
Ian Roberts
Captain Smit
Lennox Mathabathe
Policeman
Crew
Gavin Hood
Director
Gavin Hood
Writer
Mark Kilian
Original Music Composer
Moonyeenn Lee
Casting
Athol Fugard
Novel
Popular Reviews
57 reviews
Mia Alberta
6.0★ · 09/12/25
Soundtrack was bussin
Soundtrack was bussin
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Ethan
7.1★ · 01/15/25
Not necessarily the type of film I’d choose to watch but it was actually pretty good, the acting wasn’t at all bad and the shots were just amazingWe had to stop at like 2 minutes to go I was not happy
Not necessarily the type of film I’d choose to watch but it was actually pretty good, the acting wasn’t at all bad and the shots were just amazingWe had to stop at like 2 minutes to go I was not happy
1
Ty
8.0★ · 06/08/23
What a superb film overall. The dirty grimy streets were so thick, I felt like I needed to wipe my screen off with a rag. Gut wrenching and tragic.
What a superb film overall. The dirty grimy streets were so thick, I felt like I needed to wipe my screen off with a rag. Gut wrenching and tragic.
