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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story is a film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Sargent released in USA on 18 november 2000 with Andy García
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
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Add to a movie listFor Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story is a film about Arturo Sandoval starring Andy García.
The biographical drama was produced for the HBO premium cable network and first aired on October 18, 2000. World-class trumpeter Arturo Sandoval was a shining light in Cuba's exciting jazz scene and championed by jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie as one of the greatest musicians he had ever heard.
The film is the story of Sandoval's life, up to his defection to the United States.
Synopsis
L'histoire du trompettiste de renommée mondiale...Actors
Andy García
(Arturo Sandoval)
Mía Maestro
(Marianela)
Gloria Estefan
(Emilia)
David Paymer
(Embassy interviewer)
Charles Dutton
(Dizzy Gillespie)
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