Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

1990 · Movies · Drama

bittersweet

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Ava and Gabriel part ways to pursue their individual dreams, accepting their love cannot overcome their challenges.

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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