Drama · France · 1990 · 1h 40m

Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor

Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story poster
Director
Felix de Rooy
Cast
Nashaira Desbarida as Ava Recordina Cliff San-A-Jong as Gabriël Goedbloed Theu Boermans as Father Fidelius Carol Brown Winkel as Carlos Zarius Dolf de Vries as Bishop Hildebrand Geert de Jong as Louise van Hansschot
Crew
Ernest R. Dickerson — Director of Photography Ton de Graaff — Editor Roy Luis — Original Music Composer Norman de Palm — Writer Felix de Rooy — Story Norman de Palm — Producer
Tagline

A classic story about forbidden love.

Synopsis

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

Key Collaborators
Felix de Rooy Director Ernest R. Dickerson Director of Photography Ton de Graaff Editor Roy Luis Original Music Composer Norman de Palm Writer Felix de Rooy Story Norman de Palm Producer Felix de Rooy Production Design Ellen van der Wiel Costume Design
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