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Sons for the Return Home

Sons for the Return Home

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Drama   Romance
📜 Overview: 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.
💵 Budget: USD 400,000
🌏 Languages Available: Samoan , English
📆 Date Released: 1979-10-01
⌚ Running Time: 117 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 3.0

Beloved Cast

Uelese Petaia original image
Sione
Uelese Petaia
Fiona Lindsay original image
Sarah
Fiona Lindsay
Moria Walker original image
Sione's mother
Moria Walker
Amalamo Tanielu original image
Malie
Amalamo Tanielu
Anne Flannery original image
Sarah's mother
Anne Flannery
Alan Jervis original image
Sarah's father
Alan Jervis
Lani Tupu original image
Sione's father
Lani Tupu

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