Paul Maunder
Director
Sons for the Return Home (1979)
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.30%
Paul Maunder
Screenplay
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
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
Extra
Release Date
October 1, 1979Original Language
Samoan, EnglishBudget
$400,000.00Production Company
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