Via Appia

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...

Tagline:

A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld

Country:

DE

Genre:

Adventure, Drama, Romance

Released:

1990-09-01

Languages:

English, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Companies:

freihändler filmproduktionGaleria Alaska ProductionsZDF