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title: 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lasse Hallström'
released: '2011-09-10'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441952/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

2011 · 108 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lasse Hallström](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-hallstrom)
- **Screenplay:** [Simon Beaufoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-beaufoy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dario Marianelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/dario-marianelli)
- **Producer:** [Paul Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-webster)
- **Director of Photography:** [Terry Stacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-stacey)
- **Editor:** [Lisa Gunning](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-gunning)

## Cast

- [Ewan McGregor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewan-mcgregor)
- [Emily Blunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-blunt)
- [Conleth Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/conleth-hill)
- [Tom Beard](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-beard)
- [Tom Mison](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mison)
- [Amr Waked](https://cinepixo.com/people/amr-waked)
- [Peter Wight](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-wight)
- [Rachael Stirling](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachael-stirling)
- [Catherine Steadman](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-steadman)
- [Clive Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-wood)
- [Kristin Scott Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristin-scott-thomas)

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