{{Infobox film | name = Hunting Season | image = HuntingSeasonTheatricalPoster.jpg | alt = | caption = Hunting Season Theatrical Poster | director = Yavuz Turgul | producer = {{ubl|Yavuz Turgul|Murat Akdilek}} | writer = Yavuz Turgul | starring = {{ubl|Şener Şen|Cem Yılmaz|Çetin Tekindor|Melisa Sözen|Okan Yalabık}} | music = Tamer Çıray | cinematography = Uğur İçbak | editing = İsmail Canlısoy | studio = Warner Bros.<br/>Fida Film<br/>ProFilm | distributor = {{ubl|Warner Bros.|Fida Film|ProFilm}} | released = {{Film date|2010|12|3|df=y}} | runtime = | country = Turkey | language = Turkish | budget = US$4 million | gross = US$12,160,978 }} '''''Hunting Season''''' ({{langx|tr|{{italics correction|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 {{start date|2010|12|3|df=y}}, was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2010 and was released in six European countries in addition to Turkey.<ref name="TZ01">{{cite web|title=Yavuz Turgul completes filming of 'Av Mevsimi' |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-214226-110-yavuz-turgul-completes-filming-of-av-mevsimi.html |work=Today's Zaman |date=2010-06-26 |accessdate=2010-11-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011222403/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-214226-110-yavuz-turgul-completes-filming-of-av-mevsimi.html |archivedate=2012-10-11 }}</ref><ref name="TZ02">{{cite web|title=New Turgul-Şen film opens in 7 countries |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-228568-new-turgul-sen-film-opens-in-7-countries.html |work=Today's Zaman |date=2010-12-03 |accessdate=2010-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121234917/http://todayszaman.com/news-228568-new-turgul-sen-film-opens-in-7-countries.html |archivedate=2011-01-21 }}</ref><ref name="HDN01">{{cite web |title=Legendary Turkish duo return for 'Hunting Season' |first=Emrah |last=Güler |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=the-legendary-duo-return-with-8216hunting-season8217-2010-12-10 |work=Hürriyet Daily News |date=2010-12-10 |accessdate=2010-12-29 }}</ref>
==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 {{start date|2010|12|3}} at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$2,697,707.<ref name="BOM01">{{cite web |title=Av Mevsimi |first= |last= |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2010W49&id=_fAVMEVSIMI01 |work=Box Office Mojo |date= |accessdate=2010-12-10 }}</ref>
==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.<ref name="BOM01" />
==See also== * 2010 in film * Turkish films of 2010
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.avmevsimifilm.com/}} {{in lang|tr}} * {{IMDb title|1668191|Av mevsimi}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|av_mevsimi}}
Category:2010 films Category:2010 Turkish-language films Category:2010 Turkish films Category:2010s mystery drama films Category:2010 crime drama films Category:Films set in Turkey Category:Turkish crime drama films Category:Turkish mystery films Category:Warner Bros. films