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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, AvaRead moreLess
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 & crew
Theu BoermansFather Fidelius
Dolf de VriesBishop Hildebrand
Geert de JongLouise van Hansschot
Edmond ClassenGov. Van Hansschot
Frederik de GrootPieter van KnippenveldExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Ernest R. Dickerson
- Writer
- Norman de Palm
- Director
- Felix de Rooy
- Editor
- Ton de Graaff
- Original Music Composer
- Roy Luis
- Producer
- Norman de Palm