Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
- Movies
- 1990-11-09
- NL
- Released
- 2h 40m
- NL
- Drama
Production
Cosmic Illusion Productions
Tagline
A classic story about forbidden love.
Storyline
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