For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story · 2000

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

Joseph Sargent · 120 min

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

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Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 18 nominations total

Locations

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Setting

La Habana

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Cast

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  Andy Garcia

  Arturo Sandoval

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  Mía Maestro

  Marianela

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  Gloria Estefan

  Emilia

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  David Paymer

  Embassy interviewer

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  Charles S. Dutton

  Dizzy Gillespie

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  Tomas Milian

  Sosa

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  Freddy Rodríguez

  Leonel Sandoval

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  José Zúñiga

  Paquito D'Rivera