Via AppiaMovie
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...
About Via Appia
Via Appia is a 1990 adventure, drama, romance movie directed by Jochen Hick.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 30m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Peter Senner, Guilherme de Pádua, Yves Jansen, Margarita Schmidt. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
