1990
5.6 (4 votes)
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Cosmic Illusion Productions
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor)
A classic story about forbidden love.
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
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: Norman de Palm
Director: Felix de Rooy
Producer: Norman de Palm
Story: Felix de Rooy
Top Cast
Nashaira Desbarida
Ava Recordina
Cliff San-A-Jong
Gabriël 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
