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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.
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Paul Maunder profile
Paul Maunder

Director

Paul Maunder profile
Paul Maunder

Screenplay

Cast

Uelese Petaia profile
Uelese Petaia

Sione

Fiona Lindsay profile
Fiona Lindsay

Sarah

Moria Walker profile
Moria Walker

Sione's mother

Amalamo Tanielu profile
Amalamo Tanielu

Malie

Anne Flannery profile
Anne Flannery

Sarah's mother

Alan Jervis profile
Alan Jervis

Sarah's father

Lani Tupu profile
Lani Tupu

Sione's father

Uelese Petaia profile
Uelese Petaia

Sione

Fiona Lindsay profile
Fiona Lindsay

Sarah

Moria Walker profile
Moria Walker

Sione's mother

Amalamo Tanielu profile
Amalamo Tanielu

Malie

Anne Flannery profile
Anne Flannery

Sarah's mother

Alan Jervis profile
Alan Jervis

Sarah's father

Lani Tupu profile
Lani Tupu

Sione's father

Extra

Release Date

October 1, 1979

Original Language

Samoan, English

Budget

$400,000.00

Production Company

Pacific Films (NZ) logo

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