2 months ago 30th Jun 13:46
Since 1979 Miramax Films, founded by Weinstein brothers Bob and Harvey, championed the independent movies that were being ignored by the bigger studios.
And in nearly thirty years the company has produced and distributed movies that have enjoyed both critical and commercial success. FemaleFirst looks over Miramax's back catalogue to film their to ten movies.
Tsotsi was a 2006 picture that looked at life in the slums of Johannesburg Presley Chweneyagae stars as the title character, a teenager with a killer stare who lives alone in a ramshackle room in a poor shantytown, where he pulls off petty crimes with the help of three compatriots Boston (Mothusi Magano), Butcher (Zenzo Ngqobe), and Aap (Kenneth Nkosi).
But after they stab a man to death on the subway and Tsotsi (which means "thug" or "gangster") beats up Boston for trying to find out about his past, Tsotsi runs off to a wealthy section of the city, shoots a woman, and steals her car.
Only later does he discover that there is a baby in the back seat and decides to keep it for himself.
As Tsotsi finally does look back at his own childhood, he tries to take care of the infant, carrying it around in a paper bag and forcing a young mother, Miriam (Terry Pheto), to breastfeed it at gunpoint.
At this point, writer-director Gavin Hood could have opted for trite sentimentality, but instead he delves deeper into Tsotsi's psyche, as the young man might have already gone too far to turn back now.
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