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Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

5.6 100 mins Drama   1990
Cosmic Illusion Productions  
Director(s): Felix de Rooy

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

Casts of Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

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

Edmond Classen

as Gov. Van Hansschot

Frederik de Groot

as Pieter van Knippenveld

Janine Veeren

as Elise van Knippenveld

Serge Ubrette

as Maurice

Rina Penso

as Shon Arlina Recordina

Ana Muskus

as Farida

Helen Kamperveen

as Delia

Norman de Palm

as Shon Francois

Burny Every

as Shon Carolina

Truus Dijk

as Mother Superior

George Curiel

as Shon Union Hernandez

Willy Westermann

as Mieke Hernandez

Fifi Rademaker

as Shon Bonheer

Kizzy McHugh

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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