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...
| Production | Norbert Friedländer | Producer |
| Sound | Charly Schöppner | Music |
| Crew | Peter-Christian Neumann | Cinematography |
| Directing | Jochen Hick | Director |
| Writing | Jochen Hick | Writer |
| Production | Jochen Hick | Producer |
