Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
1990·Movie·1h 40m
Drama
A classic story about forbidden love.
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
- Directed by
- Felix de Rooy
- Original language
- Nederlands
- Released
- 9 November 1990
Where to Watch
Availability in the US · Subtitle and audio track data
Cast
- ND
Nashaira Desbarida
Ava Recordina
- CS
Cliff San-A-Jong
Gabriël Goedbloed
Theu Boermans
Father Fidelius
- CB
Carol Brown Winkel
Carlos Zarius
Dolf de Vries
Bishop Hildebrand
Geert de Jong
Louise van Hansschot
Edmond Classen
Gov. Van Hansschot
Frederik de Groot
Pieter van Knippenveld
- JV
Janine Veeren
Elise van Knippenveld
- SU
Serge Ubrette
Maurice
- RP
Rina Penso
Shon Arlina Recordina
- AM
Ana Muskus
Farida