Prospero | New film: "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"

Let’s hear it for the Brits

This is the kind of comedy that Brits do best

By L.F.

A RICH Yemeni sheikh enjoys fly-fishing so much at his second home in the Scottish Highlands that he wants to introduce salmon to the wadis of the Yemen—at any cost. This ludicrous idea is the premise of “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, a sparkling new film from Lasse Hallström, based on Paul Torday's hilarious novel.

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