2012 · drama · romance · comedy
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Directed by Lasse Hallström1h 47m2012
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Our read: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded drama · romance · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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