Sons for the Return Home

Name: Sons for the Return Home
Director: Paul Maunder
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1979-10-01
Duration: 117 min
Cast: Uelese Petaia, Fiona Lindsay, Moria Walker, Amalamo Tanielu, Anne Flannery

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1979 · 117 min · Drama · Romance · TMDB 3.8/10

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.

Directed by Paul Maunder

Cast

Uelese Petaia — Sione
Fiona Lindsay — Sarah
Moria Walker — Sione's mother
Amalamo Tanielu — Malie
Anne Flannery — Sarah's mother