Film
Via Appia
1990 · 1h 30m · Adventure · Drama · Romance
A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld
- IMDb
- 4.9
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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...
Cast
Peter Senner
Frank
Guilherme de Pádua
José
Yves Jansen
Regisseur
Margarita Schmidt
Lucia
José Carlos Berenguer
Sergio
Gustavo Motta
Ulieno
Crew
- Jochen HickDirector · Writer · Producer
- Norbert FriedländerProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 1, 1990
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
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