Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story 1990 Directed by Felix de Rooy Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor

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

Language Dutch
Spoken Language Dutch
Gnere Drama
Production Company Cosmic Illusion Productions
Release Date 9 November 1990
100 mins
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Nashaira Desbarida Ava Recordina
Cliff San-A-Jong Gabriƫl Goedbloed
Theu Boermans Father Fidelius
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
Janine Veeren Elise van Knippenveld
Rina Penso Shon Arlina Recordina
Ana Muskus Farida
Norman de Palm Shon Francois
Burny Every Shon Carolina
Truus Dijk Mother Superior
George Curiel Shon Union Hernandez
Willy Westermann Mieke Hernandez
Fifi Rademaker Shon Bonheer
Kizzy McHugh Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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