Via Appia (1990)

ALL 09/01/1990 (de) Adventure, Drama, Romance 90 Min
  • Release
    09/01/1990
  • Production
    freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF
  • Rotten tomato
    44%
  • Original title
    Via Appia
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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...

  1. Jochen Hick

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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Via Appia (1990) 90 Min

ALL 09/01/1990 (de)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
  • Release 09/01/1990
  • Production
    freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF
  • Original title Via Appia
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

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...

  1. Jochen Hick

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Norbert Friedländer, Jochen Hick

    Producer