Directed by:
Joseph SargentScreenplay:
Timothy J. SextonCinematography:
Donald M. MorganComposer:
Arturo SandovalCast:
Andy Garcia, Mía Maestro, Gloria Estefan, David Paymer, Charles S. Dutton, Tomas Milian, Freddy Rodríguez, Steven Bauer, Fionnula Flanagan, Miguel Sandoval (more)Plots(1)
For Love Or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, tells the powerful tale of a Cuban musician with a trumpet, a few scratched American LPs, and a dream that would change his life forever.
Frustrated by the Cuban Government's response to his music, and after meeting American jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval secretly plans to escape to the U.S. Tied do Cuba by a love for his wife, family and home, he cooperates with the government, going so far as to join the Party in order to travel internationally. One night, on a European tour, he leaves a smoke-filled night club for a secret meeting at the U.S. Embassy. Fearful of being sent home, Sandoval's heart beats like never before. At risk is everything he loves. The prize is everything he dreams.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Andy Garcia
Cuba
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Mía Maestro
Argentina
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Tango (1998)
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
Gloria Estefan
Cuba
Best movies:
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV movie)
Music of the Heart (1999)
Vivo (2021)
David Paymer
USA
Best movies:
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Payback (1999)
Into the West (2005) (series)
Charles S. Dutton
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
The Express (2008)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Tomas Milian
Cuba
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Traffic (2000)
Freddy Rodríguez
USA
Best movies:
Payback (1999)
CBGB (2013)
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV movie)
Steven Bauer
Cuba
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Traffic (2000)
Primal Fear (1996)
Fionnula Flanagan
Ireland
Best movies:
Song of the Sea (2014)
The Others (2001)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Miguel Sandoval
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
Blow (2001)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Robert Wisdom
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Ray (2004)
Face Off (1997)
Julio Oscar Mechoso
USA
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Roberto Escobar
Cuba
Best movies:
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV movie)
Folks! (1992)
Cat Chaser (1989)
Miriam Colon
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Goal! (2005)
Fernanda Andrade
Brazil
Best movies:
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV movie)
Life Itself (2018)
Fallen (2007) (series)
Trish Dempsey
USA
Best movies:
Any Given Sunday (1999)
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV movie)
Analyze This (1999)
Britt George
USA
Best movies:
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV movie)
Quigley (2003)
Fatal Affair (2020)
José Zúñiga
Honduras
Best movies:
Smoke (1995)
Constantine (2005)
Con Air (1997)
Michael O'Hagan
Ireland
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Arturo Sandoval
Cuba
Best movies:
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) (TV movie)