Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (1990)
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
Year
1990
Country
FR
Language
Dutch
Release date
9 November 1990
TMDB
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N
Nashaira Desbarida
Ava Recordina
C
Cliff San-A-Jong
Gabriël Goedbloed
Theu Boermans
Father Fidelius
C
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
J
Janine Veeren
Elise van Knippenveld
S
Serge Ubrette
Maurice
R
Rina Penso
Shon Arlina Recordina
A
Ana Muskus
Farida
H
Helen Kamperveen
Delia
N
Norman de Palm
Shon Francois
B
Burny Every
Shon Carolina
T
Truus Dijk
Mother Superior
G
George Curiel
Shon Union Hernandez
W
Willy Westermann
Mieke Hernandez
F
Fifi Rademaker
Shon Bonheer
K
Kizzy McHugh
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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