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Hunting Season (2010 film)

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Hunting Season
Hunting Season Theatrical Poster
Directed byYavuz Turgul
Written byYavuz Turgul
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyUğur İçbak
Edited byİsmail Canlısoy
Music byTamer Çıray
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 3 December 2010 (2010-12-03)
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
BudgetUS$4 million
Box officeUS$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

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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.

Cast

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Release

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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

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Box office

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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

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References

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