Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor) 33 years old

A classic story about forbidden love.

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

Credits

Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story Cast

Name Character
Dolf de Vries He was 53, now 87 years old as Bishop Hildebrand
Theu Boermans He was 40, now 74 years old as Father Fidelius
Geert de Jong She was 39, now 73 years old as Louise van Hansschot
Janine Veeren She was 43, now 77 years old as Elise van Knippenveld
George Curiel as Shon Union Hernandez
Burny Every as Shon Carolina
Nashaira Desbarida as Ava Recordina
Fifi Rademaker as Shon Bonheer
Serge Ubrette as Maurice
Carol Brown Winkel as Carlos Zarius
Edmond Classen He was 52, 75 years old when he died as Gov. Van Hansschot
Truus Dijk as Mother Superior
Ana Muskus as Farida
Frederik de Groot He was 44, now 78 years old as Pieter van Knippenveld
Helen Kamperveen as Delia
Willy Westermann as Mieke Hernandez
Rina Penso as Shon Arlina Recordina
Cliff San-A-Jong as Gabriël Goedbloed
Kizzy McHugh He was 11, now 45 years old as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Norman de Palm as Shon Francois

Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story Crew

Name Department
Felix de Rooy as Director. He was 38 (now 72) years old Directing
Norman de Palm as Writer. Writing
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (33 years)

A classic story about forbidden love.

  • Release day: Friday, November 09, 1990
  • Runtime: 100 minutes