''Hunting Season'' () is a 2010 Turkish
drama film
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, written and directed by
Yavuz Turgul, which stars
Åžener Åžen
Şener Şen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' Muhsin Bey'' (1985) and '' Gönül Yarası'' (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for ' ...
and
Cem Yılmaz
Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
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 , 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 (
Åžener Åžen
Şener Şen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' Muhsin Bey'' (1985) and '' Gönül Yarası'' (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for ' ...
) and his hot-headed partner Ä°dris (
Cem Yılmaz
Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
) 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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Åžener Åžen
Şener Şen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' Muhsin Bey'' (1985) and '' Gönül Yarası'' (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for ' ...
- Ferman, surnommé « Chasseur »
*
Cem Yılmaz
Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He has four franchise film series '' G.O.R.A.'', '' Karakomik Fimler'', '' Organize İşler'', '' Vizontele''. Also, H ...
- İdris, surnommé « le Fou »
*
Çetin Tekindor - Battal Çolakzade
*
Melisa Sözen - Asiye
*
Okan Yalabık - Çömez Hasan
*
Mahir Ä°pek
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Given name Maher
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*Maher al-Assad (born 1967), brother of for ...
- Murat Öneş
*
Rıza Kocaoğlu - Asit Ömer
*
Nergis Çorakçı - Hatun
*
Mustafa Avkıran
Mustafa Avkıran (born 3 March 1963) is a Turkish actor.
Avkıran graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory in 1983. He then joined the cast of Istanbul State Theatre. Eventually he received his master's degree from Mimar Sinan Uni ...
- Müslüm
Release
The film opened in 652 screens across Turkey on at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of
US$
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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$
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12,160,978.
See also
*
2010 in film
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*
Turkish films of 2010
References
External links
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, av_mevsimi
2010 films
2010s Turkish-language films
2010s mystery drama films
2010 crime drama films
Films set in Turkey
Turkish crime drama films
Turkish mystery films
Warner Bros. films