TMDb Rating
2.3/10
3 verified votes
Sons for the Return Home (1979)
DramaRomance
117 min
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
DramaRomancePaul MaunderUelese PetaiaFiona Lindsay1979
Director
Paul Maunder
Top Cast
Uelese PetaiaFiona LindsayMoria WalkerAmalamo TanieluAnne Flannery
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