Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (1990)

A classic story about forbidden love.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Felix de Rooy

Synopsis

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

Actors

Nashaira Desbarida
Nashaira Desbarida
Ava Recordina
Cliff San-A-Jong
Cliff San-A-Jong
Gabriël Goedbloed
Theu Boermans
Theu Boermans
Father Fidelius
Carol Brown Winkel
Carol Brown Winkel
Carlos Zarius
Dolf de Vries
Dolf de Vries
Bishop Hildebrand
Geert de Jong
Geert de Jong
Louise van Hansschot
Edmond Classen
Edmond Classen
Gov. Van Hansschot
Frederik de Groot
Frederik de Groot
Pieter van Knippenveld
Janine Veeren
Janine Veeren
Elise van Knippenveld
Serge Ubrette
Serge Ubrette
Maurice
Rina Penso
Rina Penso
Shon Arlina Recordina
Ana Muskus
Ana Muskus
Farida
Helen Kamperveen
Helen Kamperveen
Delia
Norman de Palm
Norman de Palm
Shon Francois
Burny Every
Burny Every
Shon Carolina
Truus Dijk
Truus Dijk
Mother Superior
George Curiel
George Curiel
Shon Union Hernandez
Willy Westermann
Willy Westermann
Mieke Hernandez
Fifi Rademaker
Fifi Rademaker
Shon Bonheer
Kizzy McHugh
Kizzy McHugh
Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Crews

Norman de Palm
Norman de Palm
Writer
Felix de Rooy
Felix de Rooy
Director
Ernest R. Dickerson
Ernest R. Dickerson
Cinematography

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