Ask the Dust (2006)

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

Genres: Romance, Drama

What to watch after Ask the Dust

• Bobby Deerfield (1977)
• Anywhere But Here (1999) — Same feel: realistic, dramatic
• Some Kind of Beautiful (2014)
• 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) — Robert Towne wrote for both
• London Boulevard (2010) — Same feel: realistic, cynical
• The Good Girl (2002) — Same feel: realistic, cynical