Ask The Dust

Set in 1930s Los Angeles during the Great Depression, Ask the Dust follows Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a young Italian-American with big dreams of becoming a great writer. Arriving on Bunker Hill with little money and even bigger ambitions, he is searching for the story that will finally make his name. Everything changes when he meets Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek), a proud and fiery Mexican waitress who dreams of rising above her circumstances and building a life as an American. What starts as sharp-tongued antagonism slowly deepens into an intense, complicated romance. As pride, prejudice, and insecurity pull them apart and draw them back together, both must confront what they truly want and who they are willing to become. Directed by Oscar winning screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown) and adapted from John Fante's celebrated 1939 novel, Ask the Dust is a lush, atmospheric portrait of longing, identity, and the American dream. With evocative cinematography by Caleb Deschanel and powerful turns from Farrell and Hayek alongside Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, and Idina Menzel, the film brings a vanished Los Angeles vividly back to life. Stream Ask the Dust now on Tesliya and lose yourself in one of literature's great love stories brought to the screen.

2006