Tsotsi transforms from killer to caretaker after baby encounter
Roger Ebert reviews Tsotsi as a stark Oscar winning foreign film set in Soweto. A young gang member and killer slowly changes after kidnapping a baby, finding power in vulnerability. Presley Chweneyagae stars as Tsotsi in a story of poverty and fragile hope.
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Tsotsi Moves From Violence to Fatherhood
A brutal Johannesburg killer Tsotsi steals a car with a baby inside and is forced to confront his past as he cares for the infant. The film portrays his reluctant shift from active evil to protective, without sentimentalizing poverty or absolving his crimes.
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