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Programme Information

The story of world-renowned Cuban trumpet player Arturo Sandoval in this moving portrait of his life in Cuba, his passion for jazz, and his eventual defection from his homeland in 1990. A passionate free thinker, Arturo struggled for personal and creative freedom in Cuba, experiencing a lifetime of artistic persecution.

Keywords:

Drama, Biopic, Music, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(2000) (Made for TV) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Andy Garcia	.... Arturo Sandoval
Mía Maestro	.... Marianela
Gloria Estefan	.... Emilia
David Paymer	.... Embassy interviewer
Charles S. Dutton	.... Dizzy Gillespie
Tomás Milián	.... Sosa

Supporting Cast:

Freddy Rodríguez	.... Leonel
Andy Mendez	.... Young Leonel
Felix David Manrique	.... Turi
José Zúñiga	.... Paquito D'Rivera
Fernanda Andrade	.... Paloma
William Marquez	.... Arturo Sr.
Steven Bauer	.... Angel
Fionnula Flanagan	.... Sally
Michael O'Hagan	.... Johnny Lewis

Directors:

Joseph Sargent

Writers:

Timothy J. Sexton