Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

Felix de Rooy
1990-11-09

A classic story about forbidden love.
5.6
100 min

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

Name Character Team
Nashaira Desbarida Ava Recordina Unowned
Cliff San-A-Jong Gabriƫl Goedbloed Unowned
Theu Boermans Father Fidelius Unowned
Carol Brown Winkel Carlos Zarius Unowned
Dolf de Vries Bishop Hildebrand Unowned
Geert de Jong Louise van Hansschot Unowned
Edmond Classen Gov. Van Hansschot Unowned
Frederik de Groot Pieter van Knippenveld Unowned
Janine Veeren Elise van Knippenveld Unowned
Serge Ubrette Maurice Unowned
Rina Penso Shon Arlina Recordina Unowned
Ana Muskus Farida Unowned
Helen Kamperveen Delia Unowned
Norman de Palm Shon Francois Unowned
Burny Every Shon Carolina Unowned
Truus Dijk Mother Superior Unowned
George Curiel Shon Union Hernandez Unowned
Willy Westermann Mieke Hernandez Unowned
Fifi Rademaker Shon Bonheer Unowned
Kizzy McHugh Schoolgirl (uncredited) Unowned