Tsotsi

Roll again... Roll again...

- Eleven! - Eleven?

Nine.

- What? - 4 and 5 is 9 not 11.

It's good! It's good. 4 and 5 is 9 not eleven!

Throw again, brother.

- That's enough. - Hey Tsotsi, what we doing tonight?

Yea, what we doing?

The little gangster!

Did you learn to drive?

I was sick. So what?

- Come sit teacher boy. - F***

off i'm not your teacher boy.

You know you went too far tonight.

What's your name Tsotsi?

Your real name. Thug, Tsotsi. it's not a name.

- Boston, don't ask him questions. - Why not?

I'm six months with you. I want to know his name.

Everyone has a name. A real one. From his mother.

- Hey, Soekie, we're dry here.

- I'll come when I'm ready, ok?

Decency Tsotsi? Do you know that word? Decency.

I had a bit of it, thats why i got sick.

And that fat man with the tie, he had a lot. And now?

He's dead.

Jesus, Butcher go get it yourself.

I'm trying to talk seriously here.

Come sit sonny.

Just remember... I don't want any trouble in here.

What's wrong? Are you sick again?

Jesus!

Tonight Tsotsi...

When we killed the fat man...

I felt like this inside me...

Do you ever feel like that?

For a woman Tsotsi? Maybe you had a woman.

For a woman Tsotsi? Maybe you had a woman.

And when she left you... It hurt...

And you bled...

Your father... Your father Tsotsi... Where's your father?

Where's your father and your mother...

Jesus, Tsotsi. A dog. What about a dog?

Tell that bastard never to come here again.

John! John! Open the gate!

The remote isn't working. Open the gate!

Stop!

Yes, that's the registration...

Just tell them the car is empty. No baby.

Jesus, you stink!

Quiet, baby!

Quiet!

- Yes what? - It's us.

- Who? - Aap and Butcher.

- We need to talk. - About what?

About Boston.

- Where is he? - At Soekie's.

- He won't work with us anymore.

- Says who? You or him?

What's that? That smell.

- It's me. - What's wrong?

I'm sick.

- You need a doctor. - I'm fine.

Hey sister. Feed him. Come feed him here.

If you got no milk, let him suck me.

- What are we doing tonight Tsotsi?

- Let's meet later at Park Station.

Later's good. Meet you later then.

Hey man! Did you smell? Stinks like sh*t!

Were there any fingerprints?

This bastard is a nodody.

He went at the township you said.

- Sir, we can't even track stolen cars...

- Don't tell me what you can't do!

I want you to find my child.

When my wife wakes up, I want my

child right next to her. Am I clear?

Where is Tsotsi?

- F*** him. - Yea, f*** him.

Hey, watch where the f*** you're going.

Dog!

Now what? You want me to say sorry?

Watch where you put your feet. Move!

Hey what's up Bheki!

- Who won? - Irish fancy, brother. 7 to 2.

- Cripple donkey! - Did you win anything?

- Win? F*** all! - Put a 1 00 at red bullet tommorow.

Red bullet got no legs. Silver lightning!

Don't take too much!

Where is this guy?

Where did you get your driver's licence?

Did your mother teach you to drive?

What do you want, boy?

Do you want my money?

- Stand up. - What?

- Get up and walk. - Who are you, Jesus Christ?

- I'm a cripple. - You lie. Stand up.

Go to hell.

Fine. Here's all the money I have.

What you want from me? Take

the money and leave me alone.

F*** man! F*** you!

You f***ing bastard!

Are you happy now?

You made an old man piss in his pants.

Why are you following me? Why?

I saw a dog once...

Two kicks... And it's back was broken.

It crawled... Just like you...

What kind of a man kicks a dog?

What happened to your legs?

I was working at the mines. Digging gold.

A beam fell on me. It broke me.

Why do you go on... when you live like a dog?

I like to feel the sun on the street.

Even with these hands... I can still feel the heat.

Pick up your money.

Enjoy your tea.

What do you want?

Leave it down! Leave it down, damn it!

Sit... Sit... Sit!

- Please don't hurt my baby. - I won't. Put him down.

- In the bag... - What?

Look in the bag.

Hey, look in the bag!

Feed him.

I'm not leaving if you don't feed him... Feed him!

Did you make this?

Why is it rusted?

I was sad.

And this?

- Were you happy? - Yes

Better?

Now you got something, right? Can you do anything?

Yes, this will help.

Find him... and tell him...

If he has hurt my baby in any way...

I will kill him with my own hands.

He's done.

Put him back.

Where is his mother?

He's mine.

Put him back.

Can I wash him first?

There you go little guy...

Do you want me to wash you? You do, don't you?

If you tell anyone, I'll kill you.

Come on brother!

- Seven! - Three and five is eight you moron.

Eight is close! Lend me 50 Fela.

You're rich... What's 50 bucks to you?

for you losers at the end of the day.

- Win then. - F*** you.

Who does this look like.

Tsotsi, right?

- What does it say? - Says he shot a woman...

...stole her car with her child

inside... what kind of a man is he?

No, it's not Tsotsi.

It's not Tsotsi. He can't drive.

Fela, remember you tried to teach him?

He drove your 320 right onto a

bus, in front of the police station...

- Remember? It's not Tsotsi. - Yes I

remember! Don't be angry Soekie.

You know what? You should all be working for me.

Cut the crap. You too teacher boy.

Or are you gonna take the beating

and go crawling back like a woman?

Tsotsi didn't go to school. He doesn't know of decency.

What about you Fela? Do you know decency?

Hey man, don't start with your f***ing big words.

You can't even spell the word, can you?

Decency... Let's see... D-E-C-E-N-C-Y.

- How's that? - What does it mean?

Decency means making a f***ing decent living sonny.

Respect man... For yourself...

It got f*** all to do with your way of living.

Do you want respect? I'll give you respect...

When you quit drinking and get a driver's licence.

I need drivers not drinkers.

F*** your decency.

Yea, f*** my decency.

F*** you man.

Anytime, you'll need help... just ask.

Quick and silent.

The old way.

Play.

David... Come here.

Hold my hand.

Don't be afraid.

Don't be afraid.

What are you doing?

- I want him near me, Mandla. - Son, go outside... Now.

- Mandla, please. - You know you are sick.

What if he gets sick like you?

It's all right my baby. It's all right...

You... stay away from your mother.

Get out I said! Out damn it!

Out you f***ing dog!

Leave it.

Son...

don't look at me like that.

- Who's there? - Aap. Open the door.

- What do you want? - I've just come...

- For what? - I always come around.

- Where's Butcher? - He won't come.

He's angry. He says you did a job on your own.

- Maybe I did. So what? - That's what I told him.

But then he said "Let's go and join Fela".

Then what are you doing here?

Years man... You and me together.

The two of us... Since we were kids.

And all these years you've just been following me.

"Hey Tsotsi what are we doing

tonight? Hey, it's good, it's good".

F***, why can't you decide things for yourself.

All right, fine... We can start again.

Like when Vusi and Peter were shot. It felt like this.

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