A Estrada 47

• War
• History
• Drama

During World War II, looking up the Mountain, in Italy, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB - mines weeping platoon is hit by a panic-attack that sets them running aimlessly right in the middle of 'no man's land'. Desperate cold and hungry, the ill-prepared soldiers have to choose between facing military court or delve deeper into enemy lines. After a tense discussion, they decide to save their faces with the Brazilian Army by tackling a daring military objective: to disarm the most feared minefield in Italy. On their way there, they end meeting two others deserters; a remorseful Italian soldier trying to join the Partigianos and German officer who is just simply tired of war. with unexpected help of their ex-enemy, the soldiers are set to accomplish a mission that so far had been deemed impossible.

Road 47 is a 2014 war drama following a Brazilian Expeditionary Force platoon in World War II Italy who desert their post during a panic attack and find themselves in no man's land. Desperate to avoid military court, they undertake a dangerous mission to disarm Italy's most feared minefield, aided by unlikely allies including a remorseful Italian soldier and a weary German officer. The film explores survival, redemption, and the human cost of war through the eyes of ill-prepared soldiers forced to make impossible choices.

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