Ask the Dust (Film), released 2006 — adapted from Ask the dust by John Fante, John Fante.
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.
Starring Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek Pinault, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Idina Menzel.
Directed by Robert Towne.
