Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
A classic story about forbidden love.
1990 · 1h 40m Drama
Overview
Set in Curacao in the 1940s, Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story tells of the painter Gabriel Goedbloed, who arrives from Holland to paint a mural of the Virgin Mary in a local church. Gabriel is black, originally from Surinam. The colonial Antillian society proves less than tolerant towards him, especially after he chooses as his model a young Black teacher, Ava
Director and cast
- Nashaira Desbarida as Ava Recordina
- Cliff San-A-Jong as Gabriël Goedbloed
- Theu Boermans as Father Fidelius
- Carol Brown Winkel as Carlos Zarius
- Dolf de Vries as Bishop Hildebrand
- Geert de Jong as Louise van Hansschot
- Edmond Classen as Gov. Van Hansschot
- Frederik de Groot as Pieter van Knippenveld
- Janine Veeren as Elise van Knippenveld
- Serge Ubrette as Maurice
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