Tsotsi (2005)

In this world... Redemption comes just once.

94 min★ 7.2 · 32,501 votes

• Crime
• Drama

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

August 18, 2005

Country of origin

United Kingdom, South Africa

Budget

$3,000,000

Box office

$9,891,303