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Hunting Season
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;
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 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]

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]

References

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Güler, Emrah (2010-12-10). "Legendary Turkish duo return for 'Hunting Season'". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
^ ^a ^b "Av Mevsimi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

External links

[TZ01-1] "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.

[TZ02-2] "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.

[HDN01-3] Güler, Emrah (2010-12-10). "Legendary Turkish duo return for 'Hunting Season'". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

[BOM01-4] "Av Mevsimi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

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Hunting Season (2010 film)