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.
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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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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