Sons for the Return Home

3.0
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Run time: 117 min
  • Premiere: 1979. October 1.

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.

Discover

Moria Walker

Sione's mother

Anne Flannery

Sarah's mother

Alan Jervis

Sarah's father

Lani Tupu

Sione's father

Art

Vincent Ward

Art Direction

Camera

Alun Bollinger

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Christine Hansen

Costume Design

Directing

Paul Maunder

Director

Editing

Production

Don Blakeney

Producer

Sound

Malcolm Smith

Original Music Composer

Writing

Paul Maunder

Screenplay

Art

Vincent Ward

Art Direction

Camera

Alun Bollinger

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Christine Hansen

Costume Design

Directing

Paul Maunder

Director

Editing

Production

Don Blakeney

Producer

Sound

Malcolm Smith

Original Music Composer

Writing

Paul Maunder

Screenplay