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 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Via Appia | |
| Runtime | 1h 30min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | English, German, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| Original Language | German | |
| Production Countries | Germany | |
| Production Companies | freihändler filmproduktionGaleria Alaska ProductionsZDF | |