My brother is a fan of WW2 films and picked up the DVD for this at Tescos. As all too often these days, a deep, insightful war film is packaged on DVD with a different title and explosive art-work (for some reason the DVD cover includes an exploding Corsair and fight of B-17s).
Fortunately the film print itself is pristine and has some good subtitles, since this is a film well deserving of a proper release.
A Estrada 47 is set among the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, 25,000 Brazilian soldiers sent over during the latter half of WW2 and who saw service on the Gothic Line.
This isn't a conventional war film though, instead it ruminates on the pointlessness of war and its emotional cruelty. With languorous pacing and a bare minimum of action scenes it is certainly a cerebral experience that is not for everyone, but I would certainly recommend it if you like intelligent cinema.
My illustrated review of
A Estrada 47.