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Via Appia

Via Appia

# A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld
Adventure   Drama   Romance
📜 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...
🌏 Languages Available: English , German , Portuguese , Spanish
📆 Date Released: 1990-09-01
⌚ Running Time: 90 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 4.4

Beloved Cast

Peter Senner original image
Frank
Peter Senner
Guilherme de Pádua original image
José
Guilherme de Pádua
Yves Jansen original image
Regisseur
Yves Jansen
Margarita Schmidt original image
Lucia
Margarita Schmidt
José Carlos Berenguer original image
Sergio
José Carlos Berenguer
Gustavo Motta original image
Ulieno
Gustavo Motta

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