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La Apuesta(1968)
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Date: 1968-01-01
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La Apuesta is a Costa Rican film for television, directed and produced by Miguel Salguero, from 1968. In this 16 mm feature film, the journalist Miguel Salguero portrays the adventures of a group of people who make a bet and undertake a risky trip by land to Puerto Limón, crossing mighty rivers and wild nature, at a time when there was no road to the Caribbean port.
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La Apuesta is a Costa Rican film for television, directed and produced by Miguel Salguero, from 1968. In this 16 mm feature film, the journalist Miguel Salguero portrays the adventures of a group of people who make a bet and undertake a risky trip by land to Puerto Limón, crossing mighty rivers and wild nature, at a time when there was no road to the Caribbean port.
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