Sons for the Return Home (1979)
1h 57m
Running Time
October 1, 1979Release Date
Sons for the Return Home (1979)
1h 57m
Running Time
October 1, 1979Release Date

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Uelese Petaia
Sione

Fiona Lindsay
Sarah

Moria Walker
Sione's mother

Fiona Lindsay
Sarah

Moira Walker
Sione's Mother

Amalamo Tanielu
Malie

Anne Flannery
Sarah's mother

Alan Jervis
Sarah's father

Lani Tupu
Sione's father

Alan Jervis Wilks
Sarah's Father

Paul Maunder
Director / Screenplay

Don Blakeney
Producer

Sean Duffy
Sarah's First Lover

Alun Bollinger
Director of Photography

Christine Lancaster
Editor

Antony Groser
Headmaster
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Budget$400,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
racism
Wiki.
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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