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Release Date:
23 December 2005 (South Africa)
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Tagline:
In this world... redemption just comes once. more
Plot:
Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader (Chweneyagae). full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 13 wins
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12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(55 articles)
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Edelstein To Give A Lecture At Long Wharf Theatre 11/15
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(From MovieWeb. 20 November 2009, 4:36 AM, PST)
Edelstein To Give A Lecture At Long Wharf Theatre 11/15
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Wonderful film!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Presley Chweneyagae | ... | David / Tsotsi | |
| Terry Pheto | ... | Miriam | |
| Kenneth Nkosi | ... | Aap | |
| Mothusi Magano | ... | Boston | |
| Zenzo Ngqobe | ... | Butcher | |
| Zola | ... | Fela | |
| Rapulana Seiphemo | ... | John Dube | |
| Nambitha Mpumlwana | ... | Pumla Dube | |
| Jerry Mofokeng | ... | Morris | |
| Ian Roberts | ... | Captain Smit | |
| Percy Matsemela | ... | Sergeant Zuma | |
| Thembi Nyandeni | ... | Soekie | |
| Owen Sejake | ... | Gumboot Dlamini | |
| Israel Makoe | ... | David / Tsotsi's father | |
| Sindi Khambule | ... | David / Tsotsi's Mother |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Thug (International: English title) (literal English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some strong violent content.
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Runtime:
USA:94 min | Canada:94 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M |
USA:R |
UK:15 |
Ireland:15A |
Netherlands:12 |
Finland:K-15 |
Sweden:15 |
Germany:12 |
Spain:13 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Argentina:13 |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Japan:R-15 |
South Korea:15 |
Norway:15 (TV rating)
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This is the first Miramax release since founders Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein left the company.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Tsotsi enters the room of the kidnapped child, you can see (on the right hand side) that the wall paper is false.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "HBO First Look: Two Sides of a Story: The Making of 'Rendition' (#14.25)" (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Munt'omnyama
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Unforgettable
Tsotsi is gorgeous, riveting, poignant, and thrilling. Not only is it a first-rate piece of storytelling, but it also takes the viewer into a world of South African poverty and crime that he has never seen before. Director/writer Gavin Hood offers us a tale of tragic redemption and uncommon poetry in a subculture of the most abject immorality. Truly unforgettable.
The only work in recent times to which this movie can be compared is City of God. There, too, the viewer is brought into a world of poverty and crime he probably never knew existed. It is a world so bleak that it forces the viewer to examine his own morality and wonder how much of the civility he takes for granted in his life is merely the luxury of the well fed and comfortable. These characters live on the edge and their primary passion is survival.
What makes Tsotsi, in the end, a finer film than City of God is that it offers a more complex sense of hope; it reminds us in an honest and unsentimental way that inside even the hardest cases there is a soul, which is never beyond redemption