# Il suo nome è Tsotsi (2005)

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**Original title**: *Tsotsi*
**Runtime**: 94 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Gavin Hood
**Written by**: Gavin Hood
**Starring**: Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola, Rapulana Seiphemo

> *In this world... Redemption comes just once.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're a Johannesburg gangster, hard from a young age. You steal a car, and then you find a baby in the back.

Hood’s camera stays tight on the young actor’s face. The film lingers in memory.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, tender

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