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 3 December 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 by	Yavuz Turgul
Written by	Yavuz Turgul
Produced by	Yavuz Turgul Murat Akdilek
Starring	Şener Şen Cem Yılmaz Çetin Tekindor Melisa Sözen Okan Yalabık
Cinematography	Uğur İçbak
Edited by	İsmail Canlısoy
Music by	Tamer Çıray
Production companies	Warner Bros. Fida Film ProFilm
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Fida Film ProFilm
Release date	3 December 2010 (2010-12-03)
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish
Budget	US$4 million
Box office	US$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

• Şener Şen - Ferman, surnommé « Chasseur »
• Cem Yılmaz - İdris, surnommé « le Fou »
• Çetin Tekindor - Battal Çolakzade
• Melisa Sözen - Asiye
• Okan Yalabık - Çömez Hasan
• Mahir İpek - Murat Öneş
• Rıza Kocaoğlu - Asit Ömer
• Nergis Çorakçı - Hatun
• Mustafa Avkıran - Müslüm

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

• 2010 in film
• Turkish films of 2010