Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story(1990)

11/09/1990 (US)Drama1h 40m
5.6

"A classic story about forbidden love."

Overview

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

Norman de Palm

Writer

Felix de Rooy

Director

Felix de Rooy

Story