Tsotsi is difficult to watch; the characters and situations depicted in this South African film are so unrelentingly grim that it’s all but impossible to find any joy at all in the bleak lives of title character Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) and his mates, shantytown thugs who make a living by stealing, violence and mayhem. But that’s what this movie is about — finding humanity and beauty amid violence and rubbish.
