Movie · 2005
Tsotsi
“In this world... Redemption comes just once.”
Released 23 December 2005 94 min Crime / Drama More from 2005 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Jerry Mofokeng
as Morris
Rapulana Seiphemo
as John Dube
Kenneth Nkosi
as Aap
Zola
as Fela
Mothusi Magano
as Boston
Terry Pheto
as Miriam
Zenzo Ngqobe
as Butcher
Presley Chweneyagae
as Tsotsi
Nambitha Mpumlwana
as Pumla Dube
Percy Matsemela
as Sergeant Zuma
Thembi Nyandeni
as Soekie
Owen Sejake
as Gumboot Dlamini
Israel Makoe
as Tsotsi's father
Sindi Khambule
as Tsotsi's Mother
Benny Moshe
as Young Tsotsi
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The numbers
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
49Jerry Mofokeng — oldest on the call sheet
21Presley Chweneyagae — youngest billed
30average age of the credited cast