<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=423" rel="attachment wp-att-423"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-423" title="salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>Whilst in the Highlands of Scotland our friends Tony &amp; Jude took us to the <a title="Eden Court Theatre &amp; Cinema" href="http://www.eden-court.co.uk/" target="_blank">Eden Theatre</a> in Inverness to see Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
It isn't a film we were attracted to when it was on general release as it looked and sounded too bizarre however we couldn't have been more wrong. The story centres on a fisheries expert who 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.
The cast were perfect with Ewan McGregor in the lead role as a semi autistic fisheries expert and Emily Blunt as a young consultant driving the project forwards. A good dose of comedy is added, surprisingly, by Kristin Scott Thomas who plays the spin doctor to the Prime Minister and backs the project because it might help develop better relations with the Yemen.
Perhaps it was because we were in Scotland and some of the film is shot in Scotland, maybe it was because we were relaxed and in good company, but whatever the reason we were just in the mood for a romantic film with a great "feel good" factor at the end.