Arturo Bandini is a would-be writer seeking fame, fortune and a blue-eyed blonde in 1930s Los Angeles. Instead he finds Mexican barmaid Camilla, who hopes to blend into Anglo society by marrying a wealthy blue-blood. Stunning photography and direction by Academy Award winner Robert Towne make 'Ask The Dust' an intriguing, if not entirely successful, tale of two cast-offs in a struggle between their ambitions and the passion that arises between them.