Tsotsi's life takes an unexpected turn when he steals a BMW from an affluent woman (Nambitha Mpumlwana). Surprised at her show of resistance, he fires a bullet into her stomach.

He may not have won the Super Bowl, but the 20-year-old South African actor is making a victory lap of sorts, thanks to his title role in "Tsotsi." Nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar ...

Tsotsi forces, at gunpoint, a neighbor (Terry Pheto) to breast-feed the infant. As the police close in on their carjacking suspect, Tsotsi warms to his better instincts thanks to the humanity he ...

“Tsotsi” depicts Jo’burg, South Africa’s largest city, as a place with few haves and a vast shantytown population of have-nots. The positive reception isn’t limited to politicians.

Tsotsi means “thug” in Soweto’s mixed African dialect. Tsotsi and his small gang silently murder a wealthy commuter on a packed train, in a scene of literally unspeakable violence.

"Tsotsi," by contrast, stars South African Presley Chweneyagae, who previously only acted in community theater and school plays. Most of the movie is in street-gang slang called tsotsi-taal.

"Tsotsi" (in Afrikaans and Tsotsi-Taal street slang with subtitles) tells the story of the teenaged leader of one such pack, played with gritty resolve by stone-faced newcomer Presley Chweneyagae.

TOKYO -- Film distributor Nikkatsu Co. has defied Japan's movie ratings board by screening 2006 foreign-language Oscar winner "Tsotsi" to a group of teenagers under age 15.

Awards were presented today at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, with Gavin Hood‘s “Tsotsi” winning the event’s People’s Choice Award voted by attendees of the festival ...

Miramax hot for ‘Tsotsi’ – Variety Home Film Markets & Festivals Sep 25, 2005 10:00pm PT ...

Tsotsi executive producer and The Little Company co-president Robbie Little has died. Little was in London on his way to the Cannes Film Festival at the time; the cause of death has not yet been ...