Ask the Dust

Drama, Romance · 2006R

Colin Farrell is Arturo Bandini, a young would-be writer who comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets beautiful barmaid Camilla (Salma Hayek), a Mexican immigrant who hopes for a better life by marrying a wealthy American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California. The passion that arises between them is palpable – if they could only set aside their ambitions and submit to it. Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown) directs this outcasts’ tale of desire in the desert, co-starring Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice).

Starring

Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek Pinault, Nancy Haigh, Dennis Gassner, Donald Sutherland, Warren Beatty, Eileen Atkins, Andreas Grosch, Idina Menzel

Director

Robert Towne