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Via Appia (1990)

Via Appia (1990)

Drama Romance Adventure

A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld

Release Date: 1990, September 1
Directors: Jochen Hick
Countries: Germany
Production: freihändler filmproduktion, freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF, ZDF
Cast: Gustavo Motta, Peter Senner, Guilherme de Pádua, Yves Jansen, Margarita Schmidt, José Carlos Berenguer

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...

Keywords:

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