Sons for the Return Home (1979)

  • R
  • 10/01/1979 (NZ)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 57m

Overview

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.

Paul Maunder

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Uelese Petaia's headshot

Uelese Petaia

Sione
Fiona Lindsay's headshot

Fiona Lindsay

Sarah
Moria Walker's headshot

Moria Walker

Sione's mother
Amalamo Tanielu's headshot

Amalamo Tanielu

Malie
Anne Flannery's headshot

Anne Flannery

Sarah's mother
Alan Jervis's headshot

Alan Jervis

Sarah's father
Lani Tupu's headshot

Lani Tupu

Sione's father

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