Drama ·Romance · New Zealand · 1979 · 1h 57m

Sons for the Return Home

Director

Cast

Uelese Petaia as Sione Fiona Lindsay as Sarah Moria Walker as Sione's mother Amalamo Tanielu as Malie Anne Flannery as Sarah's mother Alan Jervis as Sarah's father

Crew

Alun Bollinger — Director of Photography Christine Lancaster — Editor Malcolm Smith — Original Music Composer Paul Maunder — Screenplay Don Blakeney — Producer Christine Hansen — Costume Design

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

racism

Key Collaborators

Paul Maunder Director Alun Bollinger Director of Photography Christine Lancaster Editor Malcolm Smith Original Music Composer Paul Maunder Screenplay Don Blakeney Producer Christine Hansen Costume Design

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