Tsotsi

          

          This was the first African movie I’ve ever seen and I was impressed a lot. The movie is an adaption of the novel Tsotsi. It set in an Alexandra slum, near Johnannesburg, South Africa. It tells the story of Tsotsi, who is a young street hooligan. The movie shows a dark side in Africa and also dsplay the beautiful side of human nature. I loved it and absolutely recommend!

           The main character’s born name is David but Tsotsi. His mother dies of a disease and he had to run away from his home because of the abusive father. He became a homeless child wondering and sleeping and hanging with some other orphans in large concrete construction pipes as a roof. A few years later, David, who now goes by the name Tsotsi is a leader of some people included his friends Butcher, Aap and Boston. They got involved to a serious fight and it made Boston badly injured. Tsotsi run away either for felling guilty or holding the grudge. He saw a woman leaving a car unlocked outdoor and it arouses his evil thoughts. He shoots a young woman while stealing her car. Unexpectedly, he discovered a baby at the back seat of the car. At the beginning, he struggled to take him(the baby) away or not. But he still did. And he starts from knowing nothing of taking care of a baby to loving the baby as his own. It is very touchable and beautiful story. At the last, he went back to that woman’s house and returned baby. He was crying. I cried for Tsotsi.

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