Sons for the Return Home

Name: Sons for the Return Home
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1979
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 3.75

1979 · 117 min

Drama · Romance

★ 3.8

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A Samoan male, Sione, and a Palagi New Zealand female,Sarah, meet while studying at Wellington's Victoria University. A relationship develops quickly, but each finds the other's culture a hard adjustment. Friends and family are not supportive, particularly when she becomes pregnant, although he proposes marriage. She leaves for Australia for an abortion and he returns to Samoa.

Crew

Director Paul Maunder
Screenplay Paul Maunder
Director of Photography Alun Bollinger

Cast

U
Uelese Petaia
Sione
F
Fiona Lindsay
Sarah
M
Moria Walker
Sione's mother
A
Amalamo Tanielu
Malie
A
Anne Flannery
Sarah's mother
A
Alan Jervis
Sarah's father
L
Lani Tupu
Sione's father

Crew

Director — Paul Maunder
Screenplay — Paul Maunder
Director of Photography — Alun Bollinger

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