La apuesta
[1] The film was shot in 16mm and follows the dramatized story of a group of people who set out in Toyota Land Cruisers on what was then a long journey from San José, Costa Rica, to Limón on the east coast.A voiceover starts narrating the story: in San Antonio de Escazú, the beautiful Anita (Aracelli Solís) calmly collects green beans in her father's field.Don Ananías goes to the San Antonio Church and manages to prevent the marriage, convincing the priest that Pachingo is still a minor and, moreover, doesn't have the family's approval.The Bet is a film project that arises from a first trip made by Miguel Salguero to Limón, in the company of Antonio Solís (Pachingo) and Juan Vicente Mora (Casimiro), in 1966, in conditions very similar to those described.Salguero's intention was to be part of the group, but he could not agree and they traveled on their own, using a strange vehicle called an automula (as narrated in the film), especially for bad roads.