Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British
romantic comedy-drama film directed by
Lasse Hallström and starring
Ewan McGregor,
Emily Blunt,
Kristin Scott Thomas and
Amr Waked. Based on the
2007 novel of the same name by
Paul Torday, and a screenplay by
Simon Beaufoy, the film is about a fisheries expert who is recruited by a consultant to help realize 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
London,
Scotland, and
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 $34,564,651 in revenue worldwide.