Film · Drama, Romance

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

Writers

Paul Maunder

Country

United States, New Zealand

Language

English

Release date

October 1, 1979