Tsotsi (8.5/10)
March 29th, 2006
Tagline : Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader (Tsotsi).
Now here is a beautiful movie : Tsotsi. This movie won the Oscar for best foreign film, and even though that isn’t a guarantee for anything, in this case it is well deserved. The story might be on the edge of being sentimental, but the talented young actors are doing a great job in this film. There are beautiful shots from the slum areas in Johannesburg, and life definetely isn’t easy down there.
The film has some very violent and shocking scenes, but that is how Tsotsi’s life has been. There isn’t a real happy ending, happily I would say, and even though Tsotsi takes a drastic decision at the end of this film, you’ll leave the cinema with hopes for a better life for him.
See this film, it is beautiful, and a welcome alternative for the other overrated Oscar winning movies currently running in the cinema (Brokeback Mountain is an exception here).
Directed by Gavin Hood
Cast Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Makoe
Really? 8.5 out of 10? Wow. I thought it sucked. Big time. They should lock the cinematographer away in some dark dungeon. I really hated the whole movie.
But ok. Guess it’s me. Again.
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Same here :)