Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story(1990)

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

Genre: Drama

Director: Felix de Rooy

Actors: 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

Release date: 1990-11-09

Country of origin: France, Netherlands, AN

Length: 1h 40m

Ratings:

• 7.1/10