Hunting Season (2010 film)

Hunting Season (Turkish: Av Mevsimi) is a 2010 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Yavuz Turgul, which stars Şener Şen and Cem Yılmaz as two policemen who team up with a rookie to investigate a murder case. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03), was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2010 and was released in six European countries in addition to Turkey.[1][2][3]

Hunting Season
Hunting Season Theatrical Poster
Directed byYavuz Turgul
Produced by
  • Yavuz Turgul
  • Murat Akdilek
Written byYavuz Turgul
Starring
Music byTamer Çıray
CinematographyUğur İçbak
Edited byİsmail Canlısoy
Production
company
ProFilm
Distributed byFida Film
Release date
  • December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03)
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
BudgetUS$4 million
Box officeUS$12,160,978

Plot

Veteran homicide cop Ferman (Şener Şen) and his hot-headed partner İdris (Cem Yılmaz) team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan (Okan Yalabık) to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal (Çetin Tekindor) who had taken the victim as his second wife.

Cast

Release

The film opened in 652 screens across Turkey on December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03) at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$2,697,707.[4]

Reception

Box office

The film was number one at the Turkish box office for five-weeks running and has made a total gross of US$12,160,978.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Yavuz Turgul completes filming of 'Av Mevsimi'". Today's Zaman. 2010-06-26. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  2. "New Turgul-Şen film opens in 7 countries". Today's Zaman. 2010-12-03. Archived from the original on 2011-01-21. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  3. Güler, Emrah (2010-12-10). "Legendary Turkish duo return for 'Hunting Season'". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  4. "Av Mevsimi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
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