Rajeev's Recco: Tsotsi, a deeply moving drama

COMPELLING DRAMA: Tsotsi will leave you with a lump in your throat when you're done watching it.

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Keywords: Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar, South Africa, Tsotsi

This weekend open your heart to Tsotsi, a deeply moving drama about a ruthless young gang-leader who rediscovers his capacity to love when he accidentally kidnaps a baby.

This South African film that won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006, centres on a local thug in Soweto, who discovers he's inadvertently kidnapped an infant when he steals a car.

This thug, who kills and maims without so much as blinking an eyelid, finds himself unable to abandon the baby even though it's an inconvenience to his life.

An uplifting tale of humanity set against the starkest of environments, Tsotsi may be sentimental, but it's also very engaging and more than likely it'll leave you with a lump in your throat when you're done watching it.