
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

as Ava Recordina

as Gabriël Goedbloed

as Father Fidelius

as Carlos Zarius

as Bishop Hildebrand

as Louise van Hansschot

as Gov. Van Hansschot

as Pieter van Knippenveld

as Elise van Knippenveld

as Maurice

as Shon Arlina Recordina

as Farida

as Delia

as Shon Francois

as Shon Carolina

as Mother Superior

as Shon Union Hernandez

as Mieke Hernandez

as Shon Bonheer

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)