Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British romantic drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked. The screenplay is by Simon Beaufoy, based on the novel of the same name by Paul Torday. Principal photography began on 6 August 2010 and was shot on location for nine weeks in London, Scotland and Morocco.The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
Plot of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
Alfred “Fred” Jones (Ewan McGregor) is a man with Asperger’s syndrome[4] who is the British government expert in salmon fisheries. When consultant Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt), representing a wealthy Yemeni sheikh (Amr Waked), asks for help to fulfill the sheikh’s vision to introduce salmon fishing to the desert country of Yemen, Fred rejects the idea as unfeasible. However, the Prime Minister's press secretary, Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas) fastens onto it as a “good will” story of Anglo-Arab cooperation to distract the voters from ongoing bad news out of Afghanistan, and pressures Fred into working with Harriet and the sheikh to implement the project. He gradually comes to believe in the sheikh’s quest. Estranged from his career-minded wife, Fred falls in love with Harriet, whose boyfriend Robert (Tom Mison) has just gone missing in action in the war. After Fred declares his love to Harriet, Robert returns alive, requiring her to choose between the two men. The fish are released and the project seems to be succeeding, but it is sabotaged by local militants who destroy the salmon runs. But when Fred sees some fish have survived, he regains his faith, and Harriet joins him to fulfill the sheikh’s vision.
Cast of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
Ewan McGregor as Alfred "Fred" Jones
Emily Blunt as Harriet Chetwode-Talbot
Kristin Scott Thomas as Patricia Maxwell
Amr Waked as Sheikh Muhammad
Rachael Stirling as Mary Jones
Catherine Steadman as Ashley
Tom Mison as Robert Mayers
Hugh Simon as Foreign Secretary
Conleth Hill as Bernard Sugden
Steven Blake as Cabinet Minister
Waleed Akhtar as Essad
Pippa Andre as Intern
Simone Liebman as Tourist
Colin Kilkelly as Journalist
James Cutting as Journalist
Wadah Almaqtari as Tribes Man
Mohammed Awadh as Tribes Man
Hamza Saeed as Tribes Man
Wail Hajar as Tribes Man
Hamish Gray as Malcolm
Abdul Alhumikani as Tribes Man
Plot of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
Alfred “Fred” Jones (Ewan McGregor) is a man with Asperger’s syndrome[4] who is the British government expert in salmon fisheries. When consultant Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt), representing a wealthy Yemeni sheikh (Amr Waked), asks for help to fulfill the sheikh’s vision to introduce salmon fishing to the desert country of Yemen, Fred rejects the idea as unfeasible. However, the Prime Minister's press secretary, Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas) fastens onto it as a “good will” story of Anglo-Arab cooperation to distract the voters from ongoing bad news out of Afghanistan, and pressures Fred into working with Harriet and the sheikh to implement the project. He gradually comes to believe in the sheikh’s quest. Estranged from his career-minded wife, Fred falls in love with Harriet, whose boyfriend Robert (Tom Mison) has just gone missing in action in the war. After Fred declares his love to Harriet, Robert returns alive, requiring her to choose between the two men. The fish are released and the project seems to be succeeding, but it is sabotaged by local militants who destroy the salmon runs. But when Fred sees some fish have survived, he regains his faith, and Harriet joins him to fulfill the sheikh’s vision.
Cast of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
Ewan McGregor as Alfred "Fred" Jones
Emily Blunt as Harriet Chetwode-Talbot
Kristin Scott Thomas as Patricia Maxwell
Amr Waked as Sheikh Muhammad
Rachael Stirling as Mary Jones
Catherine Steadman as Ashley
Tom Mison as Robert Mayers
Hugh Simon as Foreign Secretary
Conleth Hill as Bernard Sugden
Steven Blake as Cabinet Minister
Waleed Akhtar as Essad
Pippa Andre as Intern
Simone Liebman as Tourist
Colin Kilkelly as Journalist
James Cutting as Journalist
Wadah Almaqtari as Tribes Man
Mohammed Awadh as Tribes Man
Hamza Saeed as Tribes Man
Wail Hajar as Tribes Man
Hamish Gray as Malcolm
Abdul Alhumikani as Tribes Man
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