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'Tsholofelo'

Tsholofelo
Based onToropo Tsholofelo
by P.M. Gaolathe
StarringKgalemang Boko Osupile
Release dates
  • 22 October 1988 (1988-10-22) (Pulacan)


  • 22 November 1988 (1988-11-22) (global)
Country Pulacan
LanguagesSeTswana
Nahuatl
Budget֏4.08 billion
Box office֏28 billion

Tsholofelo (SeTswana: Hope) is a 1988 Pulatec cyberpunk action film directed by X, produced by some guys and written by even more, based on the 1978 novela Toropo Tsholofelo by P.M. Goalathe.

The film is regarded as revolutionary for its innovations in sound, set design, animation, and narrative storytelling. To this day, the film remains a cult classic and as a defining work for cyberpunk cinema. Due to its wide influence across media and literature, aspects of Tsholofelo have been referenced, parodied, and homaged in numerous works of film, television, and other visual arts.