The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story vs Tsotsi

The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7/10 for Tsotsi). The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 34m. Tsotsi is the older of the two (2005 against 2025). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story posterThe Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story2025 VS Tsotsi posterTsotsi2005
The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson StoryTsotsi
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 7.0/10
Year20252005
Length1h 30m1h 34m
GenresCrime, Drama, TV MovieCrime, Drama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorMichelle OuelletGavin Hood
Main castSam Trammell, Steve Byers, Russell Yuen, Rachel Sellan, Christian PaulNambitha Mpumlwana, Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto, Zenzo Ngqobe

Synopsis

The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story

15-year-old Alina Thompson, an aspiring model in 1980s Los Angeles, pulls a fast one on her parents and sneaks away to an amateur photo casting call, where she meets photographer William Bradford. Unbeknownst to Alina, William is a serial killer, and she may be next.

Tsotsi

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.

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