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Sons for the Return Home

Sons for the Return Home

★ 3.8/10•1979•1h 57m•R•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

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 57m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 1, 1979
Budget$400,000

Actors

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

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