Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

Name: Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-11-09
Duration: 6000 min
Rating: 5.6

5.6 1990 1h 40m France

Drama

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

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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

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Directors

Felix de Rooy

Writers

Norman de Palm, Felix de Rooy

Cast

Nashaira Desbarida, Cliff San-A-Jong, Theu Boermans, Carol Brown Winkel, Dolf de Vries, Geert de Jong, Edmond Classen, Frederik de Groot, Janine Veeren, Serge Ubrette, Rina Penso, Ana Muskus, Helen Kamperveen, Norman de Palm, Burny Every

Production

Cosmic Illusion Productions

Languages

Dutch

Countries

France, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles