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For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sincere, serious, independent film
Plot:
jazz, politics, couples, showbiz, political unrest, musician's life, unfulfillment, relationship vs career, revolution, fighting the system, society, ambition, family problems, family in crisis, hopes, state affairs, musician, jazz musician, art history, music, rebellion, refugee, lifestyle, bittersweet, artists and showbiz ...
Place:
usa, cuba, latin america
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Duration: 147 min.
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Duration: 103 min.
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Duration: 161 min.
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