Via Appia (1990)

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...

Release Date : Sep 01, 1990

Runtime : 1h 30m

Genre : Adventure  Drama  Romance  

Companies : freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF

Countries : Germany

Keywords : aids, rio de janeiro, hiv, male prostitution, gay theme