Hunting Season (2010 film)
# Hunting Season (2010 film)

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.

## 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.

## 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.

