Sons for the Return Home (1979)
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.
Director:
Paul Maunder
Writer:
Paul Maunder
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Uelese Petaia as Sione |
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Fiona Lindsay as Sarah |
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Moria Walker as Sione's mother |
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Amalamo Tanielu as Malie |
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Anne Flannery as Sarah's mother |
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Alan Jervis as Sarah's father |
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Lani Tupu as Sione's father |
| Directing | Paul Maunder | Director |
| Production | Don Blakeney | Producer |
| Camera | Alun Bollinger | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Christine Lancaster | Editor |
| Art | Vincent Ward | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Hansen | Costume Design |
| Sound | Malcolm Smith | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Paul Maunder | Screenplay |
