Theres the now outofcommission boston mothusi magano, who. Tsotsi 2005 a sdg he is a young predator, a feral youth with a cold, blank stare prowling the johannesburg area streets with his pack. But this is merely the defensive posture of a little fish. At the age of five, his family moved to mafikeng where, at the mmabana cultural centre, he got his first taste of. Tsotsi is a moving and sensitively made film about youths in a johannesburg township and their relationships with each other.
Boston mothusi magano is repulsed by the violence of the robbery and confronts tsotsi. From south africa, a tough thug shows his big heart the. But when his friend boston mothusi magano asks tsotsi how he really feels, whether decency comes into it, he fights with him and walks off into the night, and we sense how alone he is. Tsotsi is based on a novel by athol fugard, a wellknown south african playwright, and screenwriterdirector gavin hood proves to be a discerning steward of fugards story of redemption. And whatever good tsotsi does to redeem himself, its important to keep in mind the questionable, usually immoral, means taken to make amends. Tsotsi was an effective portrait of the effects of poverty, done so in an elegant visual and respectful storytelling manner. A member of tsotsis gang and a heavy drinker, boston. Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the south african township of sophiatown. Fugard commented that hoods screenplay is the best adaptation of any of his works and that, despite the changes and departures from the original story, he. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. Portions of content provided by tivo corporation 2020 tivo corporation whats new.
Tsotsi isnt afraid to put the grimy lifestyle of shantytown gangsters on full display. Buy tsotsi dvd 2006 by presley chweneyagae from amazons movies store. Movies based on books, african movies, crime movies, crime dramas, dramas, independent movies. Tsotsi and his crew butcher zenzo ngqobe, aap kenneth nkosi, and boston mothusi magano live in soweto, where they deal drugs, steal, and scavenge to get by.
With presley chweneyagae, mothusi magano, israel matsekezulu, terry pheto. Kenneth nkosi gavin hood peter fudakowski paul hepker mark kilian director. Presley chweneyagae terry pheto kenneth nkosi mothusi magano zenzo ngqobe zola rapulana seiphemo nambitha. Presley chweneyagae, terry pheto, kenneth nkosi, mothusi magano, zenzo ngqobe. He and his crew butcher zenzo ngqobe, aap kenneth nkosi, and boston mothusi magano live in a shantytown just outside johannesburg, where. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
He then runs out into the night and hijacks the car of a middleclass african woman mothusi magano. Six days in the violent life of a young johannesburg gang leader. But when his friend boston mothusi magano asks tsotsi how he really feels, whether decency comes into it, he fights with him and walks off. Tsotsi is a 2005 film written and directed by gavin hood and produced by peter fudakowski. Many times, those around me have heard me bitch and moan about the oscars getting it wrong. Tsotsi hits hard wit hits power to connect the boston globe. It is about the transformation in a person and the faith that helped. Gripping, ruthless and absorbing oscar winner for best foreign language film.
At least they have each other, and even places to sleep that arent drainage pipes. In all too familiar grinding poverty and violence the very fragile line between life and death is crossed many times and an even more fragile and slow growth of a single youths selfrespect is encouraged by an. Zola, presley chweneyagae, mothusi magano, isreal makoe, terry pheto, kenneth nkosi, rapulana seiphemo, gavin hood. The man behind the i am sbu chicken licken ad mothusi s role on the advert has caught the attention. Presley chweneyagae, mothusi magano, israel makoe, percy matsemela, jerry mofokeng. Tsotsi is the young leader of a violent johannesburg street gang his name means thug whose world changes when an infant falls into his care. Tsotsi decides they will head to the train station where their unsuspecting victim, gumboot ghalimini, begins to head home to his wife. The box contains a baby, and his life is inexorably changed. After getting involved in a murder committed by butcher during a mugging, tsotsi and boston get into a fight which leaves boston badly injured. And the 2006 academy award for best foreign language film goes to tsotsi. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. Kenneth nkosi, mothusi magano, presley chweneyagae, terry pheto.
In his own soweto township neighborhood the titular protagonist of writerdirector gavin hoods tsotsi is all gangster attitude, flipping off the idle taunts of older men with studied indifference. Tsotsi is a film that will make you angry at the world for turning a blind eye to africa. Tsotsi is soweto slang for thug and the name of the initially anonymous. Presley chweneyagae tsotsi, terry pheto miriam, kenneth nkosi aap, mothusi magano boston and zenzo ngqobe butcher. Six days in the violent life of a young johannesburg. Presley chweneyagae terry pheto kenneth nkosi mothusi magano zenzo ngqobe zola rapulana seiphemo nambitha mpumlwana israel makoe jerry mofokeng ian roberts percy matsemela owen sejake. Based on a novel by athol fugard that was set during the 1950s and published in 1980, tsotsi is set in an amorphous now, defined by the hopelessness of poverty. Later, in a flashback, we will understand the cruelty of the home and father he fled from. It is an adaptation of the novel tsotsi, by athol fugard and a south africauk coproduction. He and his friends boston, aap and butcher mothusi magano, kenneth nkosi, zenzo ngqobe rob a older man on a crowded subway then butcher stabs him quietly and they flee once the subway is empty. Tsotsi poster 27 x 40 inches 69cm x 102cm 2005 spanish reproduction poster print cast.
Tsotsi, directed by gavin hood, is an earnest film about the south african shantytowns, and it is at some pains to show that its heart is in the right place that is, right up on its sleeve. Tsotsi roughly translates to thug and the movie has a lot of rap music, which many people including myself associate. Boston, a failed teacher mothusi magano, butcher, a coldblooded assassin zenzo ngqobe and aap, a dimwitted heavy kenneth nkosi. A specific scene that i loved occurred roughly halfway through the film and is a flashback about his family which he briefly mentioned before. Tsotsi movie poster 27 x 40 inches 69cm x 102cm 2005 spanish presley chweneyagae mothusi magano israel makoe percy matsemela. In all too familiar grinding poverty and violence the very fragile line between life and death is crossed many times and an even more fragile and slow growth of a single youths selfrespect is encouraged by an accidental kidnapping. Presley chweneyagae, mothusi magano, israel makoe, percy matsemela, jerry mofokeng, gavin hood. He was born in the small village of phokeng on the outskirts of rustenburg. Its not until he is nearly back to the township that tsotsi hears the baby. As a result, it features image after image of coldblooded thuggery. Set in johannesburg, south africa, tsotsi, which means thug or gangster in the south african ghettos, is essentially a comingofage journey that chronicles the life of tsotsi presley cheweneyagae, a 19yearold brute with an unquenchable thirst for violence.