Sons for the Return Home
1979/10/01 (US) | Drama, Romance
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
Paul Maunder
Screenplay
Lead Cast
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Uelese Petaia
Sione
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Fiona Lindsay
Sarah
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Moria Walker
Sione's mother
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Amalamo Tanielu
Malie
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Anne Flannery
Sarah's mother
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Alan Jervis
Sarah's father
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Lani Tupu
Sione's father
Budget
$ 400,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Pacific Films
Crews
Christine Hansen
Costume Design
Alun Bollinger
Director of Photography
Vincent Ward
Art Direction
Don Blakeney
Producer
Christine Lancaster
Editor
Malcolm Smith
Original Music Composer