For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

Year:
Duration:
120 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama | Music
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Joseph Sargent
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2000-11-18
Filming Locations: Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Andy Garcia
Arturo Sandoval
Mía Maestro
Marianela
Gloria Estefan
Emilia
David Paymer
Embassy interviewer
Charles S. Dutton
Dizzy Gillespie
Tomas Milian
Sosa
Freddy Rodríguez
Leonel Sandoval
Andhy Méndez
Young Leonel
Felix David Manrique
Turi
José Zúñiga
Paquito D'Rivera
Fernanda Andrade
Paloma
William Marquez
Arturo Sr.
Steven Bauer
Angel
Fionnula Flanagan
Sally Lewis
Michael O'Hagan
Johnny Lewis
Miguel Sandoval
Osvaldo
Nicky Farrell
Chucho Valdes
Robert Wisdom
Oscar Valdez
Oswaldo Calvo
Ernesto
Víctor Trujillo
Miriam Colon
Cirita Sandoval
Mario Ernesto Sánchez
Functionary
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Jaime Arrondo
Mercedes Enriquez
Yamilet
Deborah Magdalena
Rosalina
Alfredo Álvarez Calderón
Ramon
Joe Lala
Somavilla
Tyler Cravens
Assistant
Fabrizio Brienza
Man in Suit
Marie Debrey
Stewardess
Roberto Escobar
Cuban Delegate
Ru Flynn
American Embassy Official
Britt George
Marine
George Hanneford III
Russian Circus Elephant Trainer
Gloria Laino
(as Gloria Kennedy)
Nil Lara
Band member
Al Quinn
Cuban restaurant patron
Ruben Rabasa
Cheo
Arturo Sandoval
Funcionario
Ludgy Wu
Waiter
Paul Aldane'e
Busboy / Waiter (uncredited)
Van Banoovong
Traveler (uncredited)
Cachao
Wedding bassist (uncredited)
Trish Dempsey
Jazz Patron (uncredited)
Lissette Schuster
Girl in Airport (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Arturo Sandoval also wrote the original score to this film.
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The seaside park scenes showing wrought-iron fences were shot in the Parque de Palomas (Pigeon Park) in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, while the black and white film the character of Dizzy shoots is actually footage of Havana, Cuba.
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Paquito D'Rivera (played in the film by Jose Zuniga), was one of the first members of Irekire (D'Rivera and Sandoval's band in Cuba) to defect. After his defection, he was signed to a record deal with Columbia Records.
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