Sons for the Return Home
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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
27 people
Uelese Petaia
Sione
Also in
The Private War of Lucinda Smith
One Thousand Ropes
Fiona Lindsay
Sarah
Vincent Ward
Paul Maunder
Don Blakeney
Moria Walker
Sione's mother
No other roles listed
Alun Bollinger
Amalamo Tanielu
Malie
Christine Lancaster
Moira Walker
Sione's Mother
Anne Flannery
Sarah's mother
Also in
A State of Siege
Heart of the Stag
Christine Hansen
Paul Maunder Director · Malcolm Smith Composer Alun Bollinger Cinematographer
Budget $400K · First release October 1, 1979 · Produced in New Zealand
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Budget
$400,000
Production
Pacific Films
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production · Distribution
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Samoan
Release dates
New Zealand · October 1, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
December 1, 1982
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