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Apr 9, 2024 · The 2011 British film “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” based on a novel of the same name by Paul Torday, tells the story of a wealthy Yemeni sheikh who dreams of bringing salmon fishing to the desert country.
An unexpected uproar ensues when British fishermen learn that their salmon stock will be depleted. It is decided that the only solution is to use farmed salmon, which have no river experience.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
- Lasse Hallström
- 3 min
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Romantic fable Salmon Fishing In The Yemen follows government scientist Dr. Alfred Jones as a fly fishing-obsessed Sheikh tasks him with the seemingly impossible - introducing salmon to...
Scottish ichthyologist Dr. Alfred "Fred" Jones (Ewan McGregor) gets an inquiry from the financial agent of Yemeni Sheikh Muhammed bin Zaida bani Tihama (Amr Waked), who's started an irrigation project in his homeland and wants to stock a river with salmon.
Mar 7, 2012 · Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is an unlikely movie on many accounts. First of all, if you don’t know geography, there are no salmon in Yemen rivers. That’s the point of the movie, a...
Mar 9, 2012 · Yemen is another troubled spot, home to al-Qaida militants and an Arab Spring uprising - not exactly the kind of place you would think of for salmon fishing, but "Salmon Fishing in Yemen" is...
