# Ask the Dust (2006)

> A volatile young novelist and a Mexican American waitress collide in Depression-era Los Angeles, where ambition and prejudice corrode their longing for one another.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1333

## Facts

- Runtime: 117 min
- Genres: Romance, Drama
- Director: Robert Towne
- Cast: Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek Pinault, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Idina Menzel, Justin Kirk, William Mapother, Tamara Marie Watson
- TMDB rating: 5.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384814/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: melancholic, intimate, volatile, quiet evening, literary film night

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