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Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor

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  • 1h 40m
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Ava & Gabriel - Un historia di amor (1990)
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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 bl... Read allSet 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 tow... Read allSet 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.
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  • Director
    • Felix de Rooy
  • Writers
    • Norman de Palm
    • Felix de Rooy(story)
  • Stars
    • Nashaira Desbarida
    • Cliff San-A-Jong
    • Theu Boermans
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  • Director
    • Felix de Rooy
  • Writers
    • Norman de Palm
    • Felix de Rooy(story)
  • Stars
    • Nashaira Desbarida
    • Cliff San-A-Jong
    • Theu Boermans
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    Nashaira Desbarida
    • Ava Recordinaas Ava Recordina
    Cliff San-A-Jong
    • Gabriël Goedbloedas Gabriël Goedbloed
    Theu Boermans
    • Father Fideliusas Father Fidelius
    Carol Brown Winkel
    • Carlos Zariusas Carlos Zarius
    Dolf de Vries
    • Bishop Hildebrandas Bishop Hildebrand
    Geert de Jong
    • Louise van Hansschotas Louise van Hansschot
    Edmond Classen
    • Gov. Van Hansschotas Gov. Van Hansschot
    Frederik de Groot
    Frederik de Groot
    • Pieter van Knippenveldas Pieter van Knippenveld
    Janine Veeren
    • Elise van Knippenveldas Elise van Knippenveld
    Serge Ubrette
    • Mauriceas Maurice
    Rina Penso
    • Shon Arlina Recordinaas Shon Arlina Recordina
    Norman de Palm
    • Shon Francoisas Shon Francois
    Burny Every
    • Shon Carolinaas Shon Carolina
    Ana Muskus
    • Faridaas Farida
    Helen Kamperveen
    • Deliaas Delia
    Truus Dijk
    • Mother Superioras Mother Superior
    George Curiel
    • Shon Union Hernandezas Shon Union Hernandez
    Willy Westermann
    • Mieke Hernandezas Mieke Hernandez
    • Director
      • Felix de Rooy
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      • Norman de Palm
      • Felix de Rooy(story)
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    Ava & Gabriel: A Portrait of Caribbean History
    Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story is a Dutch-French production in Curacao looking at racial identity via a love story between a Dutch painter, Gariel and a local young woman: Ava. Gabriel proposes to paint a mural of the Virgin Mary in a church.

    Ava poses for painter as the Virgin, that choice becomes a controversial one, splitting the town's society: rich, poor, etc. Ava, on the other hand is mixed, African European, etc. The portrait of Virgin as a light-skinned Black woman (mulata), many in the poor sector worship, Ava.

    The love story becomes a triangle, between Ava, Gabriel and local White man, belonging to a prominent family. Ava is torn as the object of affection, and the local worship as the face of the recently painted Virgin in the church.

    This film aside from the dramatic portrayal of torn lovers, is deeply about the "creolization" of the Caribbean due to European colonization and African slavery in the "New World".
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    • Release date
      • November 9, 1990 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • Netherlands
      • France
      • Netherlands Antilles
    • Languages
      • Dutch
      • Papiamento
    • Also known as
      • Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story
    • Filming locations
      • Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands
    • Production company
      • Cosmic Illusion Productions
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