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Via Appia

A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld

★ 4.4 (5 votes) | 1990 | 1h 30m
AdventureDramaRomance
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...

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date September 1, 1990
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF

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