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Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust

2006, Movie, 1h 57min

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.

Country: United States

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Cast:

Donald Sutherland,

Salma Hayek Pinault,

Richard Schickel

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7.0

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Critic Kim Newman

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6

...is a careful, deliberately old-fashioned picture which has many admirable qualities. Filmed in South Africa, it creates a distinctive vision of ’30s LA...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Roger Ebert

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8

What immediately impressed me about Ask the Dust was its evocation of time and place.

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Critic Scott Tobias

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7

...an evocative, flavorful adaptation of John Fante's novel about L.A. during the Depression.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Ask the Dust include The Magic of Ordinary Days, He's Just Not That Into You, The Ultimate Gift, The Piano Teacher, Lost in Translation, Mr. Nobody.

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Ask the Dust was released in theaters on February 2, 2006.