TSOTSI
by Gavin Hood
synopsis
Based on the book by acclaimed author and playwright Athol Fugard, this deeply affecting film traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who shoots a woman outside her home and steals her car, unaware, in his panic, that her baby is in the back seat. Pumping with the high energy of Zola's 'Kwaito' music, Tsotsi is an extraordinary and gritty contemporary portrait of ghetto life set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg townships.
international title: | Tsotsi |
original title: | Tsotsi (Thug) |
country: | United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia |
sales agent: | The Little Film Company |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Gavin Hood |
film run: | 94' |
release date: | GR 2/03/2006, NL 2/03/2006, BE 9/03/2006, LU 9/03/2006, UK 17/03/2006, DK 24/03/2006, FI 24/03/2006, NO 24/03/2006, SE 14/04/2006, IT 23/04/2006 DE 4/05/2006, CH 4/05/2006, FR 19/07/206 |
screenplay: | Gavin Hood |
cast: | Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, 'Zola' Bonginkosi Dlamini |
cinematography by: | Lance Gewer |
film editing: | Megan Gill |
art director: | Emilia Roux |
costumes designer: | Nadia Kruger, Pierre Vienings |
music: | Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker |
producer: | Peter Fudakowski, Paul Raleigh |
production: | Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (SA), Moviworld, The National Film and Video Foundation of SA (SA), UK Film and Television Production Company plc (UK) |
distributor: | Momentum Pictures, Rosebud (GR), Moonlight Films (NL/BE/LU), Scanbox (DK/FI/NO/SE), MK2 (FR), Kinowelt (DE), Filmcoopi (CH), Castello Lopes (PT), Vértigo Films (ES), Sat Pol (PL) |