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

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
DE
Released
September 1, 1990
Studios
freihändler filmproduktionZDFGaleria 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
Jochen Hick
Written by
Jochen Hick
Jochen Hick
Produced by
Norbert Friedländer
Jochen Hick
Jochen Hick

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