For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

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 García

as Arturo Sandoval

Mía Maestro

as Marianela

Gloria Estefan

as Emilia

David Paymer

as Embassy interviewer

Charles S. Dutton

as Dizzy Gillespie

Tomas Milian

as Sosa

Freddy Rodríguez

as Leonel Sandoval

José Zúñiga

as Paquito D'Rivera

Fernanda Andrade

as Paloma

Steven Bauer

as Angel

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