Ask the Dust (2006)

Directed by

Robert Towne

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 167 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A struggling young writer in 1930s Los Angeles falls for a bold waitress. Their romance is complicated by ambition, class, and racial tensions of the era.

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What happens

Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film based on the 1939 book Ask the Dust by John Fante. The film was written and directed by Robert Towne, and was his final film. Tom Cruise (with Paula Wagner and Cruise/Wagner Productions) served as one of the film's producers. The film was released on a limited basis on March 17, 2006, and was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. It was filmed almost entirely in South Africa with the use of stages to portray Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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