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.
Directed by Lasse Hallström
fish
husband wife relationship
bureaucracy
based on novel or book
fishing
fly fishing
sheik
dam
soldier
desert
salmon
arab
yemen
missing in action
flood
dreamer
public relations
workplace romance
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Cast
Ewan McGregor
Dr. Alfred Jones
Emily Blunt
Harriet Chetwode-Talbot
Kristin Scott Thomas
Patricia Maxwell
Rachael Stirling
Mary Jones
Amr Waked
Sheikh Muhammad
Catherine Steadman
Ashley
Tom Mison
Capt. Robert Mayers
Tom Beard
Peter Maxwell
Jill Baker
Betty
Conleth Hill
Bernard Sugden
Peter Wight
Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
Hugh Simon
Foreign Secretary Brian Fleet
Crew
Lasse Hallström
Director
Simon Beaufoy
Screenplay
Dario Marianelli
Original Music Composer
Terry Stacey
Director of Photography
Zygi Kamasa
Executive Producer
Paul Webster
Producer
Guy Avshalom
Executive Producer
Wakana Yoshihara
Makeup Artist
Naomi Donne
Makeup Artist
Naomi Donne
Hairstylist
Adam Mendez
Foley Recordist
Julian Day
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
76 reviews
bilikaPRO
4.0★ · 05/31/26
é definitivamente um filme!
é definitivamente um filme!
abrill
3.0★ · 12/05/25
ewan buitre, igual no lo culpo pq quien no caeria ante emily blunt
ewan buitre, igual no lo culpo pq quien no caeria ante emily blunt
Jemima
6.0★ · 11/02/25
Shipped Ewan with the sheik more than the woman
Shipped Ewan with the sheik more than the woman
Jacob Burns
8.2★ · 10/30/25
It’s amazing how they got such a boring idea for a film and made it intriguing
It’s amazing how they got such a boring idea for a film and made it intriguing
Jacob Burns
7.0★ · 10/30/25
It’s amazing how they got such a boring idea for a film and made it intriguing
It’s amazing how they got such a boring idea for a film and made it intriguing
