Hunting Season (film)

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Hunting Season

Hunting Season Theatrical Poster
Directed by Yavuz Turgul
Produced by
  • Yavuz Turgul
  • Murat Akdilek
Written by Yavuz Turgul
Starring
Music by Tamer Çıray
Cinematography Uğur İçbak
Edited by İsmail Canlısoy
Production
company
ProFilm
Distributed by Fida Film
Release dates
  • December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03)
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]

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 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. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  2. ↑ "New Turgul-Şen film opens in 7 countries". Today's Zaman. 2010-12-03. 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. 1 2 "Av Mevsimi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

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