Sons for the Return Home
117 mins
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.
Uelese Petaia
Sione
Fiona Lindsay
Sarah
Moria Walker
Sione's mother
Amalamo Tanielu
Malie
Anne Flannery
Sarah's mother
Alan Jervis
Sarah's father
Lani Tupu
Sione's father
Paul Maunder
Director
Don Blakeney
Producer
Alun Bollinger
Director of Photography
Christine Lancaster
Editor
Christine Hansen
Costume Design
Malcolm Smith
Original Music Composer
Paul Maunder
Screenplay