CinemaOSMovie · 1990 · 1h 30m

Via Appia

A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld

43%(7)IMDbAdventureDramaRomance

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...

Directed byJochen Hick

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 30m
Language: DE
Released: September 1, 1990

Studios

freihändler filmproduktion

ZDF

Galeria Alaska Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited

Starring

Peter Senner

Frank

Guilherme de Pádua

Guilherme de Pádua

José

Yves Jansen

Regisseur

Margarita Schmidt

Lucia

José Carlos Berenguer

Sergio

Gustavo Motta

Ulieno

Creative team

Directed by: Jochen Hick
Written by: Jochen Hick
Produced by: Norbert Friedländer
Jochen Hick

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