Tsotsi (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Gavin Hood

Escritores:

Athol Fugard (novel)
Gavin Hood (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 diciembre 2005 (South Africa)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Frase comercial:

In this world... redemption just comes once.

Plot:

Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader (Chweneyagae).

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Criminal | Change | Robbery | Blood

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 13 wins & 12 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Wonderful film!

Reparto

Presley Chweneyagae	...	David / Tsotsi
Terry Pheto	...	Miriam
Kenneth Nkosi	...	Aap
Mothusi Magano	...	Boston
Zenzo Ngqobe	...	Butcher
Zola	...	Fela
Rapulana Seiphemo	...	John Dube
Nambitha Mpumlwana	...	Pumla Dube
Jerry Mofokeng	...	Morris
Ian Roberts	...	Captain Smit
Percy Matsemela	...	Sergeant Zuma
Thembi Nyandeni	...	Soekie
Owen Sejake	...	Gumboot Dlamini
Israel Makoe	...	David / Tsotsi's father
Sindi Khambule	...	David / Tsotsi's Mother

También conocida como:

Thug (International: English title) (literal English title)
Mi nombre es Tsotsi (Argentina) [es]
Tsotsi (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some strong violent content.

Duración:

USA:94 min | Canada:94 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

País:

UK | South Africa

Idioma:

Zulu | Xhosa | Afrikaans | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Australia:M | USA:R | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:15 | Norway:15 (TV rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Compañía:

The UK Film & TV Production Company PLC

Trivialidades:

This is the first Miramax release since founders Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein left the company.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: When Tsotsi enters the room of the kidnapped child, you can see (on the right hand side) that the wall paper is false.

Citas:

Morris: [after hearing a defining moment in Tsotsi/David's childhood] What kind of bastard would break a dog's back?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2006) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Benoni Blues

Wonderful film!

Unforgettable

Tsotsi is gorgeous, riveting, poignant, and thrilling. Not only is it a first-rate piece of storytelling, but it also takes the viewer into a world of South African poverty and crime that he has never seen before. Director/writer Gavin Hood offers us a tale of tragic redemption and uncommon poetry in a subculture of the most abject immorality. Truly unforgettable.

The only work in recent times to which this movie can be compared is City of God. There, too, the viewer is brought into a world of poverty and crime he probably never knew existed. It is a world so bleak that it forces the viewer to examine his own morality and wonder how much of the civility he takes for granted in his life is merely the luxury of the well fed and comfortable. These characters live on the edge and their primary passion is survival.

What makes Tsotsi, in the end, a finer film than City of God is that it offers a more complex sense of hope; it reminds us in an honest and unsentimental way that inside even the hardest cases there is a soul, which is never beyond redemption