For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story Poster

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

Not Rated Drama TV Movie

Starring: Andy Garcia, Mía Maestro, Gloria Estefan, David Paymer, Charles S. Dutton

Writer: Timothy J. Sexton

Release Date:
November 18, 2000
Ratings:
6.2 / 10
Director:
Joseph Sargent
Companies:
N/A

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