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Ask the Dust

Summary: Mexican beauty Camilla Lopez (Salma Hayek) hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Colin Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career a...

Release Date: March 24, 2006

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Robert Towne

Writers: Robert Towne

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Ascendant Pictures, Capitol Films, Noble House Entertainment Pictures, VIP 3 Medienfonds

Distributor: Paramount Vantage

Countries: Germany, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 743,847

International: $ 1,716,210

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