Film

Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

1990 · 1h 40m · Drama

A classic story about forbidden love.

IMDb

6.9

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

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

Janine Veeren

Elise van Knippenveld

Serge Ubrette

Maurice

Rina Penso

Shon Arlina Recordina

Ana Muskus

Farida

Helen Kamperveen

Delia

Norman de Palm

Shon Francois

Burny Every

Shon Carolina

Truus Dijk

Mother Superior

• Felix de RooyDirector · Story
• Norman de PalmWriter · Producer
• Ernest R. DickersonDirector of Photography
• Roy LuisOriginal Music Composer
• Ton de GraaffEditor

Release date

November 9, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

Dutch

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama