movie backdrop
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 18, 2000

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

66%

Original Title

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

Director

Joseph Sargent

Description

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