Via Appia (1990)
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...
Release Date : September 1, 1990
Runtime : 90m
Genre : Adventure, Drama, Romance
Companies : freihändler filmproduktion, Galeria Alaska Productions, ZDF
Countries : Germany
Keywords : aids, rio de janeiro, hiv, male prostitution, gay theme