Tsotsi

An amoral teenager develops an unexpected paternal side in this powerful drama from South Africa. Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) is the street name used by a young Johannesburg delinquent who has taken to a life of crime in order to support himself. Tsotsi comes from a blighted upbringing -- his ...more

It's often said that people aren't capable of change until they genuinely want to better themselves; and while it's fairly easy to convey personal transformation in a simple screenplay, to make that reformation truly convincing over the course of 94 minutes is a somewhat more daunting prospect. When we first meet the South African teen known as Tsotsi (not an actual name but a generalizing slang term meaning "thug" or "gangster"), he is about to make the leap from simple hooligan to something ...more