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Tsotsi

  • December 23, 2005
  • 94 min.
  • Crime, Drama
  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom
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.

Original title: Tsotsi

3

nominations

33%

winning rate

1

win

Academy Awards #78 - 2006

Award People Status
Best International Feature Film Gavin Hood Winner

British Academy Film Awards #59 - 2006

Award People Status
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Peter Fudakowski
Best International Feature Film Peter Fudakowski, Gavin Hood

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