Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust

117 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 2, 2006

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

117 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 2, 2006

Ask the Dust
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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Paramount, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Capitol Films, Ascendant Pictures, Noble House Entertainment Pictures
Original title Ask the Dust
Directors Sarah Purser, Tommy Gormley, Sally Jones, Robert Towne
Writers John Fante, Robert Towne

Cast

Colin Farrell

as Arturo Bandini

Salma Hayek Pinault

as Camilla Lopez

Donald Sutherland

as Hellfrick

Eileen Atkins

as Mrs. Hargraves

Idina Menzel

as Vera Rivkin

Justin Kirk

as Sammy

Dion Basco

as Patricio

Jeremy Crutchley

as Solomon

Natasha Staples

as Denver Librarian

Paul Rylander

as Harold the Bartender

Ronald France

as Columbia Sweeper

Wayne Harrison

as Heilman

Donna Mosley

as Red Headed Girl

Richard Schickel

as H. L. Mencken (voice)

Yasuhiro Yoshimura

as Japanese Vegetable Man