Hunting Season (film)
Encyclopedia
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.
) 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.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, written and directed by Yavuz Turgul
Yavuz Turgul
Yavuz Turgul is a Turkish film director and screenwriter, who is best known for his box-office hit The Bandit and who has won the Golden Orange for Best Screenplay four times for Abbas in Flower , The Agha , Mr. Muhsin and The Shadow Play ; Golden Oranges for Best Film for Mr...
, which stars Şener Şen
Sener Sen
Şener Şen is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in Mr...
and Cem Yılmaz
Cem Yilmaz
Cem Yılmaz is a Turkish stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker, best known for his films G.O.R.A. , A.R.O.G and Yahşi Batı , who has won two Sadri Alışık awards for his roles in Organize İşler and The Magician .-Biography:While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of...
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
Turkish films of 2010
A list of films produced by the Turkish film industry in Turkey in 2010.-Highest-grossing films:-Events:JanuaryFebruaryMarch-July to December:-References:...
and was released in six European countries in addition to Turkey.
Plot
Veteran homicide cop Ferman (Şener ŞenSener Sen
Şener Şen is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in Mr...
) and his hot-headed partner İdris (Cem Yılmaz
Cem Yilmaz
Cem Yılmaz is a Turkish stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker, best known for his films G.O.R.A. , A.R.O.G and Yahşi Batı , who has won two Sadri Alışık awards for his roles in Organize İşler and The Magician .-Biography:While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of...
) team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan (Okan Yalabık
Okan Yalabık
Okan Yalabık is a Turkish actor.-Biography:Okan Yalabık started at acting in theatre at the age of 16. In 1997, he graduated from Istanbul University's State Conservatory as an actor...
) 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
Çetin Tekindor
-Biography:Çetin Tekindor was born in 1945 in Sivas. After studying theatre at the Ankara State Conservatory. he made his professional acting debut in a play IV. Murat in 1970. Besides acting, he also gave acting lessons at the Hacettepe University State Conservatory and Bilkent University.In 1983,...
) who had taken the victim as his second wife.