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Sons for the Return Home

Sons for the Return Home (1979)

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.

Updated May 31 2020

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FACTS

Runtime: 117 mins Budget: $400,000 Rating: 5.0

Cast

Lani John Tupu

Lani John Tupu

Sione's father

Alan Jervis

Alan Jervis

Sarah's father

Uelese Petaia

Uelese Petaia

Sione

Fiona Lindsay

Fiona Lindsay

Sarah

Moria Walker

Moria Walker

Sione's mother

Amalamo Tanielu

Amalamo Tanielu

Malie

Anne Flannery

Anne Flannery

Sarah's mother

Crew

Vincent Ward

Vincent Ward

Art Direction

Alun Bollinger

Alun Bollinger

Director of Photography

Paul Maunder

Paul Maunder

Director

Don Blakeney

Don Blakeney

Producer

Paul Maunder

Paul Maunder

Screenplay

Christine Lancaster

Christine Lancaster

Editor

Christine Hansen

Christine Hansen

Costume Design

Malcolm Smith

Malcolm Smith

Original Music Composer

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