Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
(1990-11-09)
1990-11-09 • Drama • 1h 40m
Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story (1990-11-09)
1990-11-09 • Drama • 1h 40m
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
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
