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* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Tsotsi is arrested by the police after returning the baby, his final fate left unclear.]]
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* RevisedEnding: Two alternate endings were filmed, a one where Tsotsi [[spoiler: is shot dead by the police]] and another where he [[spoiler: is still shot, but escapes]]. Because both endings were extremes on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, Hood decided to TakeAThirdOption by using [[AmbiguousEnding neither]].
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* RevisedEnding: Two alternate endings were filmed, a one where Tsotsi [[spoiler: is shot dead by the police]] and another where he [[spoiler: is still shot, but escapes]]. Because both endings were extremes on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, Hood decided to TakeAThirdOption by using [[AmbiguousEnding neither]].
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Butcher.]]
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* SettingUpdate: The original novel was written in the 1970s. Rather than making a period piece, Gavin Hood chose to set it in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the present day]].
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Set in a Soweto slum, near Johannesburg, Presley Chweneyagae plays the epononymous Tsotsi. Originally known as David, Tsotsi's mother died of a terminal illness during his childhood and he ran away from his abusive father. Adopting his present name (which means "street thug" or "gang member" in the vernacular of black South African low class urban areas), he is now a small-time criminal with two hoodlums, Butcher (Zenzo Ngqobe) and Aap (Kenneth Nkosi) under his wing. He has groomed himself to focus exclusively on his own survival; feeling no remorse for the acts he commits. His life is turned upside down, however, when one night, after shooting a woman to steal her car, he finds a baby, the woman's son, in the back seat...
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Set in a Soweto slum, near Johannesburg, Presley Chweneyagae plays the epononymous eponymous Tsotsi. Originally known as David, Tsotsi's mother died of a terminal illness during his childhood and he ran away from his abusive father. Adopting his present name (which means "street thug" or "gang member" in the vernacular of black South African low class urban areas), he is now a small-time criminal with two hoodlums, Butcher (Zenzo Ngqobe) and Aap (Kenneth Nkosi) under his wing. He has groomed himself to focus exclusively on his own survival; feeling no remorse for the acts he commits. His life is turned upside down, however, when one night, after shooting a woman to steal her car, he finds a baby, the woman's son, in the back seat...
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'''''Tsotsi''''' is a 2005 South African drama film directed by Gavin Hood.
Set in a Soweto slum, near Johannesburg, Presley Chweneyagae plays the epononymous Tsotsi. Originally known as David, Tsotsi's mother died of a terminal illness during his childhood and he ran away from his abusive father. Adopting his present name (which means "street thug" or "gang member" in the vernacular of black South African low class urban areas), he is now a small-time criminal with two hoodlums, Butcher (Zenzo Ngqobe) and Aap (Kenneth Nkosi) under his wing. He has groomed himself to focus exclusively on his own survival; feeling no remorse for the acts he commits. His life is turned upside down, however, when one night, after shooting a woman to steal her car, he finds a baby, the woman's son, in the back seat...
Won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AntiHero: Tsotsi.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter
* ChildrenRaiseYou
* KickTheDog: Tsotsi's father breaks his dog's neck.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Butcher.]]
* MoralityPet: The baby that Tsotsi steals.
* ProtagonistTitle
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'''''Tsotsi''''' is a 2005 South African drama film directed by Gavin Hood.
Set in a Soweto slum, near Johannesburg, Presley Chweneyagae plays the epononymous Tsotsi. Originally known as David, Tsotsi's mother died of a terminal illness during his childhood and he ran away from his abusive father. Adopting his present name (which means "street thug" or "gang member" in the vernacular of black South African low class urban areas), he is now a small-time criminal with two hoodlums, Butcher (Zenzo Ngqobe) and Aap (Kenneth Nkosi) under his wing. He has groomed himself to focus exclusively on his own survival; feeling no remorse for the acts he commits. His life is turned upside down, however, when one night, after shooting a woman to steal her car, he finds a baby, the woman's son, in the back seat...
Won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AntiHero: Tsotsi.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter
* ChildrenRaiseYou
* KickTheDog: Tsotsi's father breaks his dog's neck.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Butcher.]]
* MoralityPet: The baby that Tsotsi steals.
* ProtagonistTitle
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