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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 |
Edited by | İsmail Canlısoy |
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Distributed by | Fida Film |
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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.
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, 2010US$2,697,707.
at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross ofThe film was number one at the Turkish box office for five-weeks running and has made a total gross of US$12,160,978.