CINEMA. Shallow waters. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

Byline: Peter Wilhelm

CINEMA Shallow waters McGregor and Blunt seem too languid and pallid to seize the directions of their heart Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Directed by Lasse HallstromScript by Simon Beaufoy Lead roles: Ewan McGregor; Emily Blunt; Kristin Scott Thomas; Rachael Stirling; Tom Mison; Amr Waked Amr Waked plays an immensely rich oil sheikh in the Yemen a visionary whose Scots-bred love of salmon fishing inspires him to create a vast fishery in his poverty-racked desert land. He views it not solely as a kingly indulgence but also as a means of bringing development to the sands: water, roads, communications. Woven into this is a quiet love story centred on Ewan …