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Hunting Season Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Yavuz Turgul |
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| Written by | Yavuz Turgul |
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| Music by | Tamer Çıray |
| Cinematography | Uğur İçbak |
| Editing by | İsmail Canlısoy |
| Studio | ProFilm |
| Distributed by | Fida Film |
| Release date(s) | December 3, 2010 |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
| Budget | US$4 million |
| Box office | US$12,160,978 |
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, was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2010 and was released in six European countries in addition to Turkey.[1][2][3]
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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.
The film opened in 652 screens across Turkey on December 3, 2010 at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$2,697,707.[4]
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]
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