Sons for the Return Home (1979)
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.
- Date of release
- 1979-10-01
- TMDB
- 3.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Paul Maunder
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Sons for the Return Home is a 1979 New Zealand film directed by Paul Maunder. The film is based on the 1973 book by Albert Wendt.
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