Ask the Dust

Robert Towne returns to Chinatown-mode, with less success. Aspiring writer Arturo Bandini and Mexican immigrant Camilla fall in love in Depression-era Los Angeles, complicating their respective dreams of fame and fortune. It is hard to make a romantic movie about unsympathetic people.

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Ask the Dust was released in 2006 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 117 minutes.