Sons for the Return Home
1979•R•1h 57m•3.8•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Paul Maunder
Writer
Paul Maunder
Budget
$0M
Languages
Samoan, English
Studio
Pacific Films
Cast
Uelese Petaia
Sione
Fiona Lindsay
Sarah
Moria Walker
Sione's mother
Amalamo Tanielu
Malie
Anne Flannery
Sarah's mother
Alan Jervis
Sarah's father
Lani Tupu
Sione's father
Production
Company
Pacific Films
Producer
Don Blakeney
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