Via Appia
1990 · 90 min · Adventure, Drama, Romance
A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld
Frank, a HIV infected former Lufthansa steward, goes back to Rio from Germany with a film crew to look for Mario, a young man with whom he had a one night stand. Before Mario departed the morning after, he left a message scrawled in soap on the bathroom mirror: 'Welcome to the AIDS club'. Frank and his director hire a fast talking hustler named José (Guilherme di Padua) to help them to find Mario who seems alway to have just left whenever they arrive. Via Appia is the nickname of a Rio district where male prostitutes hang out...
- Director
- Jochen Hick
- Writer
- Jochen Hick
- Released
- September 1, 1990
- Language
- German
Cast
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