Via Appia (1990)

A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld

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: 1990-09-01
• Runtime: 1h 30min
• Production Company: freihändler filmproduktion
• Production Country: Germany
• Director: Jochen Hick