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Film / 1990
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
Directed by
Felix de Rooy
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
The story
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
Cast
Nashaira DesbaridaAva Recordina
Cliff San-A-JongGabriël Goedbloed
Theu BoermansFather Fidelius
Carol Brown WinkelCarlos Zarius
Dolf de VriesBishop Hildebrand
Geert de JongLouise van Hansschot
Edmond ClassenGov. Van Hansschot
Frederik de GrootPieter van Knippenveld
Janine VeerenElise van Knippenveld
Serge UbretteMaurice
Rina PensoShon Arlina Recordina
Ana MuskusFarida
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