Ask the Dust
- Romance
- Drama
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Ask the Dust is a 2006 romance drama following an ambitious Italian writer and a Mexican woman navigating class, ambition, and unexpected love in 1930s Los Angeles. Based on John Fante's classic novel, the film explores the collision between dreams and social barriers in Depression-era America.
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Colin FarrellArturo Bandini
Salma Hayek PinaultCamilla Lopez
Donald SutherlandHellfrick
Eileen AtkinsMrs. Hargraves
Idina MenzelVera Rivkin
Justin KirkSammy
William MapotherBill
Tamara Marie WatsonSally
Dionysio BascoPatricio
Jeremy CrutchleySolomon
Ronald FranceColumbia Sweeper
Wayne HarrisonHeilman- Natasha StaplesDenver Librarian
- Paul RylanderHarold the Bartender
- Donna MosleyRed Headed Girl
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When was Ask the Dust released?
Ask the Dust was released on February 2, 2006.
What is Ask the Dust about?
The film follows Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian writer seeking success and romance, and Camilla, a Mexican woman hoping to improve her circumstances through marriage. Their meeting in 1930s Los Angeles creates a complex love story amid class and cultural tensions.
What genre is Ask the Dust?
Ask the Dust is a romance drama that explores themes of ambition, social class, and personal desire in Depression-era America.
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