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"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is set to open the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. Based on Paul Torday&amp;#039;s novel of the same name, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen tells the story of a fishery expert (Ewan McGregor), who travels to the Yemen after he is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to make a sheik&amp;#039;s vision of bringing fly-fishing to the Yemen a reality. Directed by Dear John&amp;#039;s Lasse Hallstr\u00C3\u00B6m and written by Slumdog Millionaire&amp;#039;s  Simon Beaufoy, the film also features Kristin Scott Thomas, Rachael Stirling and Amr Waked. The film festival will take place in California from January 5 to January 16. Earlier this month, McGregor said that he is interested in exploring sex in his films. &amp;quot;In regards to the gay community and myself, I&amp;#039;m delighted, but I&amp;#039;m just interested in people and life,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m interested in sexuality and sex, relationships and love and what makes us tick, and it doesn&amp;#039;t matter whether that&amp;#039;s heterosexual or gay romance.&amp;quot;  Watch the trailer of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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