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Sons for the Return Home(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-10-01
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3 Votes
Time: 1h 57m
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.
Languages: Samoan, English.
Countries:
New Zealand
Budget: $400,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Pacific Films
Movie: Sons for the Return Home
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