Released:
1990-11-09

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:
Felix de Rooy

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Drama

• 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