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Ava & Gabriel – Un historia di amor

Felix de Rooy / NL, 1990 / 100 min.

In 1948, a painter from Curaçao, commissioned to paint a mural at a local church, opts to use an Afro-Caribbean teacher as his model for the Virgin Mary leading to a major ruckus among the locals. Winner of the Golden Calf Special Jury Prize at the Netherlands Film Festival.

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In this romantic drama, the Surinamese painter Gabriel Goedbloed arrives on Curaçao to paint a mural for a church. He selects Afro-Caribbean teacher Ava Recordina (Nashaira Desbarida) as his model for the Virgin Mary. The idea of someone of African descent being painted for the church creates a ruckus among the local bourgeoisie and tensions are high among Ava’s lovers too.

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Scenes from this movie may cause fearThis movie contains scenes of violenceThis movie contains scenes of explicit discriminationPersons under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult

Director

Felix de Rooy

Production year

1990

Country

NL

Original title

Ava & Gabriel – Un historia di amor

Length

100 min.

Language

Papiamento, Dutch, English

Subtitles

NONE

Format

35mm

Part of

Felix de Rooy

Felix de Rooy (1952) is a filmmaker from Curaçao who is also active as an actor, visual artist, theatre-maker and collector. Many young makers in the Netherlands and the Caribbean see him as a major source of inspiration. Eye is presenting an overview of short and feature-length fiction films by and with Felix de Rooy.

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still Ava & Gabriel - Un Historia di Amor (Felix de Rooy, NL 1990)
still Ava & Gabriel - Un Historia di Amor (Felix de Rooy, NL 1990)
still Ava & Gabriel - Un Historia di Amor (Felix de Rooy, NL 1990)

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