{"id":8452,"date":"2012-07-01T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2012-07-01T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T11:11:10","slug":"salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen-gorgeous-entertaining-heartfelt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen-gorgeous-entertaining-heartfelt\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Gorgeous, Entertaining & Heartfelt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen starring Ewan McGregor & Emily Blunt. Image via movieposter.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plot<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor<\/a>) is a fisheries expert with a respectable academic position in a dead marriage. He is stuck in his routines, and when he hears about the \u201cinsane\u201d idea of the Yemen Sheikh (Amr Waked) through an investment company, he is sure that they have all gone mad.<\/p>\n

The idea is to introduce \u201cSalmon Fishing\u201d in the Yemen. However he\u2019s blackmailed by his boss into doing it, and his boss was blackmailed into it by the Prime Minister\u2019s press secretary Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas<\/a>.) She sees this as a crazy yet wonderful opportunity for good press.<\/p>\n

The investment company representative, Harriet (Emily Blunt<\/a>) is also extremely hopeful about the project; and along with the Sheikh\u2019s (Amr Waked)\u2019s unlimited resources, Alfred starts to find himself enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

As Harriet and Alfred form a friendship with the Sheikh and each other, Alfred starts to loosen up, become full of life and get drawn to the emotional and natural Emily, who is the exact opposite of his wife. When Harriet\u2019s soldier boyfriend Robert (Tom Mison) is lost in action, it\u2019s Alfred\u2019s turn to provide Emily with support and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

And while Harriet had spent a wonderful couple of weeks with Robert, can it really beat the connection two people find through a shared dream, friendship and the experience of a lifetime?<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the question of pulling the project off despite the lack of cooperation from the British fishermen and the Yemen Rebels\u2026.<\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Should You See It? Definitely! Here\u2019s why:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Swedish director Lasse Hallstr\u00f6m<\/a>. Apart from a movie that I didn\u2019t really care about (Dear John), Hallstr\u00f6m has directed movies that filled me with warmth, lust for life and hope. They usually include a decent sense of humor, full of interesting characters, good actors and engaging emotional story.<\/p>\n

Some of Lasse Hallstr\u00f6m\u2019s films:<\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n