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Via Appia (1990) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1990 · 90 mins · German
- Directed by
- Jochen Hick
- Starring
- José Carlos Berenguer, Margarita Schmidt, Guilherme de Pádua, Peter Senner, Yves Jansen, Gustavo Motta
Frank, an HIV‑positive steward, returns to Rio to find Mario, a man from a night fling who left a soap warning, “Welcome to the AIDS club,” on a bathroom mirror. He and his director enlist José, a hustler, to track Mario, who keeps disappearing. Set in Via Appia, a Rio district known for prostitution, the film reveals the city’s underworld.
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