TMDb Rating
5.6/10
4 verified votes
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (1990)
Drama
100 min
"A classic story about forbidden love."
Plot Summary
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
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Keywords to include
DramaFelix de RooyNashaira DesbaridaCliff San-A-Jong1990
Director
Felix de Rooy
Top Cast
Nashaira DesbaridaCliff San-A-JongTheu BoermansCarol Brown WinkelDolf de Vries
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