I rarely get hooked on watching movies with stories that don't have so much risk, movies whose plots can be considered flat and lack of surprises or a distinctive climax, but sometimes I find stories that only through the cinematography and how well done they are, they make me enjoy them and this is precisely the case of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a slow and extensive story that according to the point of view you see it is quite entertaining.

[Source](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/81025-salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen?language=en-US) # # Going deeper into story. # The story of this film has many technical, political and environmental elements that we will have to assimilate at the same time that we follow the story of a fish expert who was charged with the task of recreating the wild ecosystem of salmon in a desert so that in addition to promoting the proliferation of fish in that arid zone it is also possible to develop the sport of hunting these fish. In theory, it sounds anti environmentalist to want to build a complete ecosystem of salmon just to be able to do sport with them by fishing them but believe me it is not like that, on the contrary the story takes a beautiful rhythm because everything is driven by the desires of a really rich man whose dream is to recreate a sport that he loves in his native country, a country with hundreds of political and social problems but that he believes he can help through the reproduction of an animal that besides serving as entertainment can also serve as a source of economic recovery for Yemen. #

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# Through the minutes we will see all the political difficulties that the protagonists will have to face constantly to fulfill the dream of taking salmon to the desert, complications that seem to be directed to attack them and to avoid that the man who finances everything fulfills his dream, and not only that but also that they will have to fight with nature, after all to adapt an animal to an ecosystem and to a new environment is not simple at all.

The rhythm of the story is perfectly developed and rarely falls into the boring, rather try to jump quickly the technical scenes and complement them with continuous footage recorded at different angles that give a great appearance to the scenes.

Fighting against nature.

The main premise of the film is to make the transition from salmon to Yemen as successful as possible and to ensure that their way of life is not affected at all, that is why we will see constant stressful moments where the film becomes very dramatic because of the different failed attempts to make the fish accept their new home, something that will constantly affect the life of the characters making them doubt and putting them in frequent situations of defeat where they believe it would be best to give up and not go against the usual nature of fish. However, it is through those moments that the film stands out more because we see the different internal struggles of the characters to take the project forward and to fulfill a dream that is no longer just the dream of the man who finances everything but them as well.

The film is full of actors and brilliant interpretations, there are not many characters who have the time to stand out but nevertheless they do it in the little time they have thanks to how quickly they mimic themselves in their role and in the ability they have to transmit what has been asked of them. Good performances that are undoubtedly complemented by a whole mystical aura created through different elements of Arab culture that give a great tone to the film making it look like a somewhat fantasy production when in reality nothing is.

[Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjk4O2N3rblAhUhxVkKHV93C18Qjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ramascreen.com%2Fsalmon-fishing-in-the-yemen-expanding-into-theaters-today-plus-hi-res-new-images%2F&psig=AOvVaw3hAJJUruliUR4nzcLsYLZH&ust=1572069662122327) # # Final Thoughts # This is definitely a film with a complicated plot that becomes something magical thanks to the performances and the different moments of overcoming that we see reflected in the literal metaphor of building a new ecosystem for a fish as complicated as the salmon. Without a doubt the best part of the film apart from the performances is the photography and the use of settings that give us a very precise visual shot of the difficult task that the protagonists want to achieve, is despite being a film that makes fantastic use of creative resources to create a magical place, a new place and especially to create something that nobody expected to be possible, a film with lots of political and social implications that are obvious.

An intelligent film, seasoned with phenomenal technical resources where the power of believing is the protagonist and where the protagonists stand out precisely for that, for showing a clear message; never say that something is impossible until you try.

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