This movie was about this little teenager criminal who lives in Johannesburg. His name was Tsotsi, and he was living with his parents till he got kicked out by his father when he was trying to come near his very sick mother. His real name was David, after running away from home; he went to live with the other homeless kids in his town. They used to live in a series of large concrete construction pipes. Now after he became a teenager he and his friends created a little gang they used to steal money from other people even if they sometimes had to kill them. Tsotsi is leader of a gang including his friends Butcher, Aap, and Boston. After getting involved in a murder committed by Butcher during doing their work, Tsotsi and Boston get into a fight which leaves Boston badly injured. Later on Tsotsi shoots Pumla the young woman, while stealing her car, only to discover a three-month-old baby in the back seat. Tsotsi hastily strips the car of its valuables and takes the baby back to his shack. Pumla survives the attack and works with a police artist to create a composite sketch of Tsotsi's face, which is then run in the newspapers.
Tsotsi couldn’t properly take care of the baby on his own, Tsotsi found Miriam, with a young child strapped to her back, collecting water from a public tap. He followed her to her house and forced her to breast feed the baby. Meanwhile, rich gang leader Fela begins attempting to recruit Aap, Boston and Butcher to work for him. After he takes the child to Miriam a second time, she asks Tsotsi to leave the child with her so that she can care for him on Tsotsi's behalf, to which he agrees. Tsotsi decided to take care of the injured Boston, and had Aap and Butcher takes Boston to his house. Boston, who is called Teacher Boy by his friends, explains that he never took the teachers' examination, and Tsotsi tells him that the gang will raise the money so that Boston can take the exam. To do so, they will have to commit another robbery. The gang went to Pumla's house to steal money and to steal things for the baby, but Pumla's husband John came back from the hospital they follow him into the house and tie him up. Aap watching watch John while Butcher ransacks the bedroom and Tsotsi collects items from the baby’s room. When Aap goes to raid the fridge, John activates the alarm. In panic, Butcher attempted to kill John with John's gun that he found, but Tsotsi shoot and killed Butcher with his gun and he and Aap escape in John's car moments before the security company arrives. Aap decided to leave the gang and quit as Tsotsi's friend. When Tsotsi goes back to Miriam's house she revealed that she knows where he got the baby, and begs him to return the child to his parents. Tsotsi went to John's house, tells John over the intercom that he will leave the child outside the gate. The police arrived before he escaped and he got arrested.
The major theme of this movie is poverty and the struggle to survive in the really poor city that they were living in. the movie also showed us how their were different types in gangs and how people were teaming up to survive even the little kids. I really enjoyed the movie. I think the sound track and the music were a very high quality. Also the street language added some type of comedy part to the movie over all I think the movie is great and I think I will watch it a gain
This movie was about this little teenager criminal who lives in Johannesburg. His name was Tsotsi, and he was living with his parents till he got kicked out by his father when he was trying to come near his very sick mother. His real name was David, after running away from home; he went to live with the other homeless kids in his town. They used to live in a series of large concrete construction pipes. Now after he became a teenager he and his friends created a little gang they used to steal money from other people even if they sometimes had to kill them. Tsotsi is leader of a gang including his friends Butcher, Aap, and Boston. After getting involved in a murder committed by Butcher during doing their work, Tsotsi and Boston get into a fight which leaves Boston badly injured. Later on Tsotsi shoots Pumla the young woman, while stealing her car, only to discover a three-month-old baby in the back seat. Tsotsi hastily strips the car of its valuables and takes the baby back to his shack. Pumla survives the attack and works with a police artist to create a composite sketch of Tsotsi's face, which is then run in the newspapers.
Tsotsi couldn’t properly take care of the baby on his own, Tsotsi found Miriam, with a young child strapped to her back, collecting water from a public tap. He followed her to her house and forced her to breast feed the baby. Meanwhile, rich gang leader Fela begins attempting to recruit Aap, Boston and Butcher to work for him. After he takes the child to Miriam a second time, she asks Tsotsi to leave the child with her so that she can care for him on Tsotsi's behalf, to which he agrees. Tsotsi decided to take care of the injured Boston, and had Aap and Butcher takes Boston to his house. Boston, who is called Teacher Boy by his friends, explains that he never took the teachers' examination, and Tsotsi tells him that the gang will raise the money so that Boston can take the exam. To do so, they will have to commit another robbery. The gang went to Pumla's house to steal money and to steal things for the baby, but Pumla's husband John came back from the hospital they follow him into the house and tie him up. Aap watching watch John while Butcher ransacks the bedroom and Tsotsi collects items from the baby’s room. When Aap goes to raid the fridge, John activates the alarm. In panic, Butcher attempted to kill John with John's gun that he found, but Tsotsi shoot and killed Butcher with his gun and he and Aap escape in John's car moments before the security company arrives. Aap decided to leave the gang and quit as Tsotsi's friend. When Tsotsi goes back to Miriam's house she revealed that she knows where he got the baby, and begs him to return the child to his parents. Tsotsi went to John's house, tells John over the intercom that he will leave the child outside the gate. The police arrived before he escaped and he got arrested.
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