Ask the Dust movie plot
2022-05-06 06:01
Just as bright sunshine will flash with gorgeous and flashy colors, surrounded by rows of palm trees, bustling neighborhoods, and Hollywood, the movie kingdom, the multi-racial Los Angeles also reveals a bit of sex and the city in the eyes of the world. People from all over the world who are obsessed with the taste of desire have come to this "City of Angels", looking for life in wandering, chasing dreams in sadness, in the 1930s. The turbulent Great Depression in the United States failed to stop those who tried to make a living in this "new continent". The young Italian writer Arturo Bantiniwas one of them. He wanted to write a great novel reflecting people's pursuit of dreams, so he left his impoverished hometown without hesitation and came to Los Angeles, the "city of dreams" to find inspiration for his creation. Bantini is eager to become famous in one fell swoop, so as to start a gradual writing career. At the same time, he also hopes to meet a favorite, blond California beauty, and from then on, realize a splendid America in this city of drunken gold fans and disparity between the rich and the poor. dream. However, in this big city on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, Bantini, whose most valuable property is an old typewriter, can obviously only be described as "poor", and his dream is so out of reach for him.
There is also a sexy and charming Mexican girl Camillaamong the crowds who came to Los Angeles . She also entered here with the dream of a sparrow becoming a phoenix. I dream of meeting an American man who truly loves and loves himself, so that he can get rid of the humble Latin surname and give his offspring the opportunity to enter the upper class. But in this completely unfamiliar city, the foreign woman can only face the reality in front of her and do a good job as a waitress to make ends meet. However, in a metropolis like Los Angeles, everything can happen. The various real-life experiences gave Bantini and Camilla the opportunity to meet unexpectedly, and they also wrote a life-long love story together. That day, Bantini, who was living in a small hotel and increasingly impoverished, met Camilla, a waitress in a nearby cafe. One was wild and passionate, and the loneliness of being a stranger alone in a foreign land made the two of them. Immediately fell in love surging. Walk on the beach and swim naked in the moonlight. Romantic moments will always let people put aside the troubles in front of them for a while, but both of them understand in their hearts that they are not real Americans, and the other party is not their ideal object. But sometimes ideal and reality seem to be the distance between the first line. Bantini's novel became popular overnight, and the two men with different dreams in life finally realized their respective ideals in this sunny place, and this period of deep-seated love that took place in the city of angels also ushered in a mythical and perfect ending.
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Ask the Dust quotes
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Vera Rivkin: [Vera is half-asleep in her bed; as Arturo is leaving, he reaches down and takes her hand] You're very kind.
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Arturo Bandini: Take a look in the mirror.
Camilla: I don't want to look in the mirror.
Arturo Bandini: I don't blame you.