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Release Date:
December 23, 2005
Original Title:
Tsotsi
Alternate Titles:
Gangster
Il suo nome è Tsotsi
Infância Roubada
Mi nombre es Tsotsi
Mon nom est Tsotsi
Thug
Tsotsi - Ein Junge aus dem Ghetto
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
Movieworld Productions
National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa
UK Film & TV Production Company
Production Countries:
South Africa | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12 DE: 12 GB: 15 JP: R15+ KR: 15
Runtime: 94
The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just stolen. He decides that it his responsibility to take care of the baby and in the process learns that maybe the gangster life isn’t the best way.
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Art Direction:
Mark Walker
Casting:
Moonyeenn Lee
Costume Design:
Nadia Kruger
Pierre Vienings
Director:
Gavin Hood
Director of Photography:
Lance Gewer
Editor:
Megan Gill
Novel:
Athol Fugard
Original Music Composer:
Paul Hepker
Mark Kilian
Producer:
Peter Fudakowski
Production Design:
Emilia Roux
Set Decoration:
Nhlanhla Bhengu
Writer:
Gavin Hood
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