Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (1990)
A classic story about forbidden love.
1990 · 1h 40m · Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: Felix de Rooy
Writers: Norman de Palm, Felix de Rooy
Music by: Roy Luis
Cinematography: Ernest R. Dickerson
Editor: Ton de Graaff
Cast
Nashaira Desbarida as Ava RecordinaCliff San-A-Jong as Gabriël GoedbloedTheu Boermans as Father FideliusCarol Brown Winkel as Carlos ZariusDolf de Vries as Bishop HildebrandGeert de Jong as Louise van HansschotEdmond Classen as Gov. Van HansschotFrederik de Groot as Pieter van KnippenveldJanine Veeren as Elise van KnippenveldSerge Ubrette as MauriceRina Penso as Shon Arlina RecordinaAna Muskus as FaridaMore like this
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