RELEASE: 13/03/2023
Fisheries expert Alfred Jones is leading a life of quiet frustration. At home, his
career-driven wife ignores him, at work, he has a slave driver for a boss.
His life takes a dramatic turn when a wealthy sheik, with an obsession for
fly-fishing, gets in touch with British experts to realise his dream
- introducing salmon to the periodically dry riverbeds of Yemen.
The British government has an urgent need to create a new
and positive image of the country’s involvement in the
Middle East, and the prime minister’s spokeswoman Patricia
Maxwell soon becomes enthused by the salmon idea.
She appoints Alfred as head of the project. Alfred, himself,
is finally persuaded by the charismatic sheik - and he
also develops an interest in the sheik’s representative,
Harriet. He decides to ignore his deep-held doubts
and accept the sheik’s challenge, a decision
which is to change life as he knows it.
Fisheries expert Alfred Jones is leading a life of quiet frustration. At home, his
career-driven wife ignores him, at work, he has a slave driver for a boss.
His life takes a dramatic turn when a wealthy sheik, with an obsession for
fly-fishing, gets in touch with British experts to realise his dream
- introducing salmon to the periodically dry riverbeds of Yemen.
The British government has an urgent need to create a new
and positive image of the country’s involvement in the
Middle East, and the prime minister’s spokeswoman Patricia
Maxwell soon becomes enthused by the salmon idea.
She appoints Alfred as head of the project. Alfred, himself,
is finally persuaded by the charismatic sheik - and he
also develops an interest in the sheik’s representative,
Harriet. He decides to ignore his deep-held doubts
and accept the sheik’s challenge, a decision
which is to change life as he knows it.
Fiskeexperten Alfred Jones lever ett liv i tyst frustration. Hemma ignoreras han av sin
karriärinriktade hustru och på jobbet har han en slavdrivare till chef. Hans liv tar en
ny vändning då en stenrik flugfiskebesatt shejk kontaktar de brittiska experterna
för att kunna förverkliga sin dröm – att plantera in lax i Jemens tidvis uttorkade
flodbäddar. Den brittiska regeringen är i akut behov av en ny och positiv bild
av Storbritanniens engagemang i Mellanöstern och premiärministerns
taleskvinna Patricia Maxwell nappar snart på idén om laxfisket och utser
Alfred till ansvarig för projektet. Alfred själv låter sig till sist övertygas av den
karismatiske shejken – och han börjar även intressera sig för shejkens
representant Harriet. Han bestämmer sig för att bortse från sin djupt rotade
cynism och antar shejkens utmaning, en utmaning som kommer att
förändra hela hans tillvaro.
Fisheries expert Alfred Jones is leading a life of quiet frustration. At home, his
career-driven wife ignores him, at work, he has a slave driver for a boss.
His life takes a dramatic turn when a wealthy sheik, with an obsession for
fly-fishing, gets in touch with British experts to realise his dream
- introducing salmon to the periodically dry riverbeds of Yemen.
The British government has an urgent need to create a new
and positive image of the country’s involvement in the
Middle East, and the prime minister’s spokeswoman Patricia
Maxwell soon becomes enthused by the salmon idea.
She appoints Alfred as head of the project. Alfred, himself,
is finally persuaded by the charismatic sheik - and he
also develops an interest in the sheik’s representative,
Harriet. He decides to ignore his deep-held doubts
and accept the sheik’s challenge, a decision
which is to change life as he knows it.
EAN: 7391772581938
ART. NO: 458193
GENRE: Comedy, Drama
DISCS: 1
RUNNING TIME: 107
LANGUAGE: English
SUBTITLES: Dansk, Svensk, Norsk, Finsk, Islandsk
ACTOR: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked
DIRECTOR: Lasse Hallström
Rating: 7
Rating: 6
Rating: 7
