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10-22-2008, 09:30 AM
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Location: Pleasant Shade Tn
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Tsotsi (2005)
Has anyone seen this movie? It won best foreign film in 2006. It's from South Africa and tells the story of a young gangster who goes by 'Tsotsi' (which means 'thug') who slowly recovers his humanity when he carjacks a woman and finds that the car contains a 4 month old baby. His warped sense of responsiibility tells him that since the car is now 'his', so is the baby.
I'm a mom and I haven't been so moved by a film in YEARS.  It was somehow life-affirming. The performance by Presley Chweneyagae is multi-faceted and powerful, even w/ limited dialogue.
I'll be doing a full review on my website soon, until then-I give it a solid 10/10.  |
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10-22-2008, 09:46 AM
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Location: Oxford, England
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Wonderful movie. I absolutely loved it. Poignant, moving and very clever, the acting was superb and I found it inspiring and only wish such quality of cinematography was on offer from Tinseltown.
As you say , very life-affirming and a true gem.
A completely different type of movie but if you liked "Tsotsi" you might also enjoy "Captain Abu Raed" a Jordanian Film ( in Arabic with subtitles), a wonderful masterpiece of story-telling with fantastic acting, charming, funny, tragic, sad, uplifting, poignant and with a true heart.
I saw it at the Vancouver Film Festival recently and it really was a delight.
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10-22-2008, 10:16 AM
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Location: Pleasant Shade Tn
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Originally Posted by Mooseketeer
Wonderful movie. I absolutely loved it. Poignant, moving and very clever, the acting was superb and I found it inspiring and only wish such quality of cinematography was on offer from Tinseltown.
As you say , very life-affirming and a true gem.
A completely different type of movie but if you liked "Tsotsi" you might also enjoy "Captain Abu Raed" a Jordanian Film ( in Arabic with subtitles), a wonderful masterpiece of story-telling with fantastic acting, charming, funny, tragic, sad, uplifting, poignant and with a true heart.
I saw it at the Vancouver Film Festival recently and it really was a delight.
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10-22-2008, 11:17 AM
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Location: on an island
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Tsotsi was a good movie.
It reminded me a little bit of City of God.
Thanks for the headsup, Moose. |
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10-24-2008, 12:48 AM
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Location: NYS
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This was a great movie. I loved it, I didn't feel sorry for the thug...but at the end I had some type of sympathy for him.
I wasn't too happy with the ending though.
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11-08-2008, 02:26 AM
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I really liked it..it was so sad. Sad to see that sort of thing happen, even in a movie
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