Germany / Sep 01, 1990
A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld
1h 30min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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...
Genres
AdventureDramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Via Appia |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | English, Deutsch, Português, Español |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF |
| Release date | 1 settembre 1990 |
| Production | Norbert Friedländer, Jochen Hick |
| Writer | Jochen Hick |
| Cinematography | Peter-Christian Neumann |
| Assistant directors | Jochen Hick |
| Music | Charly Schöppner |
| Sound | Charly Schöppner |
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