Film

Ask the Dust

2006 · 1h 57m · Romance · Drama

Trapped by passion. Faced by their dreams.

IMDb

5.7

Rotten Tomatoes

36%

Metacritic

58

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.

Colin Farrell

Arturo Bandini

Salma Hayek Pinault

Camilla Lopez

Donald Sutherland

Hellfrick

Eileen Atkins

Mrs. Hargraves

Idina Menzel

Vera Rivkin

Justin Kirk

Sammy

William Mapother

Bill

Tamara Marie Watson

Sally

Dionysio Basco

Patricio

Jeremy Crutchley

Solomon

Ronald France

Columbia Sweeper

Wayne Harrison

Heilman

Natasha Staples

Denver Librarian

Paul Rylander

Harold the Bartender

Donna Mosley

Red Headed Girl

Richard Schickel

H. L. Mencken (voice)

• Robert TowneScreenplay · Director
• John FanteNovel
• Tom CruiseProducer
• Christopher RobertsProducer · Executive Producer
• Don GrangerProducer
• Paula WagnerProducer
• Jonas McCordProducer
• Andreas SchmidExecutive Producer
• David SelvanExecutive Producer
• Andreas GroschExecutive Producer

UK Re-Release TrailerAsk the Dust

Release date

February 2, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Revenue

$2,500,000

Genres

Romance, Drama

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