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
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
NL
Genres:
Drama
Release:
November 1990
Production:
Cosmic Illusion Productions
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, Truus Dijk, George Curiel, Willy Westermann, Fifi Rademaker, Kizzy McHugh
