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 | December 23, 2005 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Tsotsi | |
| Runtime | 1h 34min | |
| Budget | $3,000,000 | |
| Revenue | $9,891,303 | |
| Language | Afrikaans, English, Sotho, Tswana, Zulu | |
| Original Language | Tswana | |
| Production Countries | South Africa, United Kingdom | |
| Production Companies | Movieworld ProductionsUK Film & TV Production CompanyNational Film & Video Foundation of South AfricaIndustrial Development Corporation of South Africa | |