Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

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

Directed by Felix de Rooy

Top cast

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Nashaira Desbarida

Ava Recordina

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Cliff San-A-Jong

Gabriël Goedbloed

Theu Boermans

Father Fidelius

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Carol Brown Winkel

Carlos Zarius

Dolf de Vries

Bishop Hildebrand

Geert de Jong

Louise van Hansschot

Edmond Classen

Gov. Van Hansschot

Frederik de Groot

Pieter van Knippenveld

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Janine Veeren

Elise van Knippenveld

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Serge Ubrette

Maurice

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Rina Penso

Shon Arlina Recordina

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Ana Muskus

Farida

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Helen Kamperveen

Delia

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Norman de Palm

Shon Francois

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Burny Every

Shon Carolina

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Truus Dijk

Mother Superior

G

George Curiel

Shon Union Hernandez

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Willy Westermann

Mieke Hernandez

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Fifi Rademaker

Shon Bonheer

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Kizzy McHugh

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

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