Via Appia
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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...
Status: Released
Released Date: 1990-09-01
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Jochen Hick
Writer: Jochen Hick
Spoken language: English, Deutsch, Português, Español
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Original title: Via Appia
Production Companies: freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF
Production Countries: Germany
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