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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Gavin Hood |
| Stars: |
Mothusi Magano |
| Actors: |
Rapulana Seiphemo |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Crime · Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
786936716849 |
| Release Date: |
2006 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 34min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Zulu |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 34min
Release Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (July 18, 2006)
UPC: 786936716849 |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/01/2006, p.82, Geoffrey Macnab): "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." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Based on South African playwright Athol Fugard's only novel, TSOTSI is a thrilling, provocative look at life in the ghettos outside present-day Johannesburg. Presley Chweneyagae stars as the title character, a teenager with a killer stare who lives alone in a ramshackle room in a poor shantytown, where he pulls off petty crimes with the help of three compatriots--Boston (Mothusi Magano), Butcher (Zenzo Ngqobe), and Aap (Kenneth Nkosi). But after they stab a man to death on the subway and Tsotsi (which means "thug" or "gangster") beats up Boston for trying to find out about his past, Tsotsi runs off to a wealthy section of the city, shoots a woman, and steals her car. Only later does he discover that there is a baby in the back seat--and decides to keep it for himself. As Tsotsi finally does look back at his own childhood, he tries to take care of the infant, carrying it around in a paper bag and forcing a young mother, Miriam (Terry Pheto), to breastfeed it at gunpoint. At this point, writer-director Gav... |
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