Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (1990)

Drama

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

Gabriƫl Goedbloed
Shon Arlina Recordina
Shon Francois
Shon Carolina
Mother Superior
Shon Union Hernandez
Mieke Hernandez
Shon Bonheer
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Father Fidelius
Bishop Hildebrand
Louise van Hansschot
Gov. Van Hansschot
Pieter van Knippenveld
Elise van Knippenveld

Crew

Director of Photography