For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)

6.3/10 120 min Drama TV Movie

Overview

In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. Dutton as Dizzy Gillespie and José Zúñiga as Paquito D'Rivera, this gripping jazz biopic is at once a detailed portrait of a musician and a stinging critique

Cast

Andy Garcia

Arturo Sandoval

Mía Maestro

Marianela

Gloria Estefan

Emilia

David Paymer

Embassy interviewer

Charles S. Dutton

Dizzy Gillespie

Tomas Milian

Sosa

Freddy Rodríguez

Leonel Sandoval

José Zúñiga

Paquito D'Rivera

Fernanda Andrade

Paloma

Steven Bauer

Angel

Fionnula Flanagan

Sally Lewis

Michael O'Hagan

Johnny Lewis

Miriam Colon

Cirita Sandoval

Ruben Rabasa

Cheo

Arturo Sandoval

Funcionario

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