Via Appia

Via Appia

1990
1h 30m
3.8

3.8/10

6 votes • View on IMDb
Adventure Drama Romance

"A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld"

Overview

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...

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Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
freihändler filmproduktion Galeria Alaska Productions ZDF
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
English German Portuguese Spanish

Keywords

aids rio de janeiro hiv male prostitution gay theme

Quick Facts

Release Date September 1, 1990
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0100865

Cast

Peter Senner
Peter Senner

Frank

Guilherme de Pádua
Guilherme de Pádua

José

Yves Jansen
Yves Jansen

Regisseur

Margarita Schmidt
Margarita Schmidt

Lucia

José Carlos Berenguer
José Carlos Berenguer

Sergio

Gustavo Motta
Gustavo Motta

Ulieno

Key Crew

Norbert Friedländer
Producer
Jochen Hick
Director
Jochen Hick
Writer
Jochen Hick
Producer