The movie Tsotsi is about a man named David who steals a woman’s car without knowing that her baby was in the back seat. In numerous parts of the film they show flashbacks of David’s childhood. David is known by his friends and everyone in the movie as Tsotsi. Tsotsi had a very rough childhood having to deal with his very ill mother and his drunk abusive father. In the flashback it shows him running away from home and from his abusive father.
When Tsotsi took the baby he shot his mother but she survived. Tsotsi is a leader of a small gang that would kill to get the things that they want. When Tsotsi first discovers the baby he doesn’t have any idea on how to take care of him. No one knew of him having the baby not even the members of his gang. Tsotsi ends up following a young mother named Miriam with a baby strapped to her. He then forces her into her house with a gun and makes her breastfeed the kidnapped baby. Miriam did not tell on Tsotsi he threatens to kill her. As the movie progresses Tsotsi becomes more attached to the baby even though it is not his.
He even came up with the idea of robbing the house of the babies parents. Eventually Miriam convinces Tsotsi to return the baby even though he knows he will go to jail. The movie ends with Tsotsi returning the baby in the parents in the front of their home and the cops telling to  put his hands up. I believe that the theme of this movie is not let a bad situation mess up your whole life. In the film Tsotsi let his problems with his parents change him as a person. The other theme that is obvious is to not take anything that doesn’t belong to you. In the film Tsotsi took numerous things that didn’t belong to him and it ended up costing him in the long run of the movie.
Overall I really enjoyed watching this movie. This movie can teach you many life lessons on what to do and what not to do when it comes to raising a child. Although I enjoyed watching this movie I feel that the ending of the film could have been a little bit better. I feel that they should have made it so that Tsotsi could get away from the police and they would have caught him in a better way. This movie had some funny moments and it kept me entertained. Watching this movie definitely opened my eyes to international films and how good they really are. I would definitely recommend others to watch this film.