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
Cast
Nashaira Desbarida
Ava Recordina
Cliff San-A-Jong
Gabriël Goedbloed
Theu Boermans
Father Fidelius
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
Janine Veeren
Elise van Knippenveld
Serge Ubrette
Maurice
Rina Penso
Shon Arlina Recordina
Ana Muskus
Farida
Helen Kamperveen
Delia
Norman de Palm
Shon Francois
Burny Every
Shon Carolina
Truus Dijk
Mother Superior
George Curiel
Shon Union Hernandez
Willy Westermann
Mieke Hernandez
Fifi Rademaker
Shon Bonheer
Kizzy McHugh
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Crew
Felix de Rooy
Director, Story, Production Design
Norman de Palm
Writer, Producer
Ton de Graaff
Editor
Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography
Stan Keitt
First Assistant "A" Camera
Ellen van der Wiel
Costume Design
Roberto Van Eijden
Sound Assistant
Peter Flamman
Sound
Roy Luis
Original Music Composer
Jos ten Brink
Gaffer
Els Links
Art Direction
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Gabriel's Inferno: Part II
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Not Easily Broken
To the Wonder
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
The Golden Bowl
Maria's Lovers
Kisses
The Fugitive Kind
The Bridges of Madison County
The Wedding March
Brotherly Love
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III