The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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...
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Jochen HickDirector
- Jochen HickWriter
Cast
- Peter SennerFrank
- Guilherme de PáduaJosé
- Yves JansenRegisseur
- Margarita SchmidtLucia
- José Carlos BerenguerSergio
- Gustavo MottaUlieno
Stills
Themes
aidsrio de janeirohivmale prostitutiongay theme