Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

Directed by

Lasse Hallström

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 960 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fisheries expert is hired to help a sheikh bring fly fishing to the Yemen desert. He works with a consultant on the project and they form an unexpected bond.

whimsicalwarmoptimisticlightheartedgentleromanticmildly quirkyhopeful

What happens

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British romantic comedy drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked. Based on the 2007 novel by Paul Torday, and a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, the film is about a fisheries expert who is recruited by a consultant to help realise a sheikh's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Yemen desert, initiating an upstream journey of faith to make the impossible possible. The film was shot on location in the United Kingdom in London and Newtonmore in Inverness-shire and in Morocco from August to October 2010. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received generally positive reviews upon its release, and earned over $34 million in revenue worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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