Tsotsi

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South African film crime drama film film

Tsotsi is a 2005 South African crime drama film, directed by Gavin Hood, that follows a young Johannesburg gang leader whose life changes after he inadvertently kidnaps a baby during a carjacking.

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Label Occurrences
Tsotsi canonical 9
Tsotsi (2005 film) 1
Tsotsi (novel) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South African film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
author Athol Fugard ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
awardYear 2006 ⓘ
basedOn Tsotsi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tsotsi (novel)
cinematographyBy Lance Gewer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
director Gavin Hood ⓘ
distributedBy Miramax Films ⓘ
editedBy Megan Gill ⓘ
featuresMusicGenre Kwaito ⓘ
filmingLocation Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
follows young Johannesburg gang leader ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasSoundtrackSong Mdlwembe ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Tsotsitaal ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
mainCharacter Tsotsi self-link ⓘ
motionPictureRating R ⓘ
musicBy Mark Kilian ⓘ
Paul Hepker ⓘ
narrativeLocation South African township ⓘ
plotSummary A young Johannesburg gang leader’s life changes after he inadvertently kidnaps a baby during a carjacking. ⓘ
premiereEvent Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
productionCompany Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa ⓘ
UK Film & TV Production Company ⓘ
releaseYear 2005 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
screenwriter Gavin Hood ⓘ
setIn Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
starring Kenneth Nkosi ⓘ
Mothusi Magano ⓘ
Presley Chweneyagae ⓘ
Rapulana Seiphemo ⓘ
Terry Pheto ⓘ
Zenzo Ngqobe ⓘ
theme crime and poverty ⓘ
morality ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ

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Gavin Hood → notableWork → Tsotsi ⓘ
Gavin Hood → directed → Tsotsi ⓘ
Gavin Hood → wroteScreenplayFor → Tsotsi ⓘ
Gavin Hood → actedIn → Tsotsi ⓘ
Gavin Hood → awardReceivedFor → Tsotsi ⓘ
Terry Pheto → notableWork → Tsotsi ⓘ
Tsotsi → basedOn → Tsotsi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsotsi (novel)
Tsotsi → mainCharacter → Tsotsi self-link ⓘ
Ian Roberts → notableWork → Tsotsi ⓘ
Athol Fugard → notableWork → Tsotsi ⓘ
Athol Fugard → adaptedTo → Tsotsi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsotsi (2005 film)