Hunting Season (2010 film)


Hunting Season 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, 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 and his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan 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 who had taken the victim as his second wife.

Cast

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$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.