Sons for the Return Home (1979)

Name: Sons for the Return Home
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 01 Oct 1979
Rating: 3.00
Cast: Uelese Petaia, Fiona Lindsay, Moria Walker, Amalamo Tanielu, Anne Flannery

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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.

Release: Oct 01, 1979

Runtime: 117 minutes

Language: , English

Studio: Pacific Films (NZ)

Country: New Zealand

Cast: Uelese Petaia, Fiona Lindsay, Moria Walker, Amalamo Tanielu, Anne Flannery, Alan Jervis

Crew: Paul Maunder (Director), Don Blakeney (Producer), Alun Bollinger (Director of Photography), Christine Lancaster (Editor), Vincent Ward (Art Direction), Christine Hansen (Costume Design)

Drama Romance racism