Tsotsi

"Days of Glory" and the Oscar-winning "Tsotsi" - all of which played the festival.

Keepingitreal 2009

And it's not just 'Tsotsi' - the three decade old Tamil film 'Kuzhandaikkaaga' also successfully dwelt on the premise of a unique bonding between criminals and a kid that enters their lives during a robbery bid.

The Hindu - Front Page 2009

"Days of Glory" and the Oscar-winning "Tsotsi" - all of which played the festival.

Keepingitreal 2009

Taking its title from the local slang for a young thug, TSOTSI follows the peregrinations of the all-but-orphaned David Presley Chweneyagae, aka Tsotsi, as he plies his petty crime trade in the Soweto suburbs.

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But the direction, by Gavin Hood (he did "Tsotsi" and "Rendition") from a script by David Benioff and Skip Woods, is a case study in mismanagement: of anger, rage, demonic howls that grow into howlers, Olympian camera angles and, above all else, the mismanagement of an unusually personable star.

'X-Men' Looks Back, Shouldn't Have 2009

Chweneyagae's complex, astonishing performance provides the film's focal point, and this, combined with Hood's assured pacing and direction, helped net "Tsotsi" a richly deserved Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

John Farr: Best International Films of the Decade So Farr 2008

The South African entry, "Tsotsi," is likely the movie to beat.

Lost in Translation 2007

It funded the Oscar-winning "Tsotsi" to the tune of R12 million.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

The Zulu-language film "Tsotsi" (thug), the story of a hardcore gangster who finds a baby in a stolen car, last month scooped an

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

The Zulu-language film "Tsotsi" (thug), the story of a hardcore gangster who finds a baby in a stolen car, put South Africa on the map after scooping the Oscar this month on top of five other international awards.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006