Season of Love (2024 film)
{{short description|2024 Turkish romantic film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Season of Love
| image = Season of Love 2024 film poster.jpg
| image_upright =
| alt =
| caption = Official promotional poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|tr|Aşk Mevsimi}}
| director = Murat Şeker
| producer =
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
- Ali Tanrıverdi
- Murat Şeker}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Dilan Çiçek Deniz,
- Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu,
- Duygu Sarışın
}}
| music = Serhat Ersöz
| cinematography = Tufan Kılınç
| editing = Cagri Turkkan
| production_companies = SugarWorkz
| distributor = CJ ENM
| released = {{Film date|2024|2|2}}
| runtime = 126 minutes
| country = Turkey
| language = Turkish
| budget =
| gross = {{₺|link=yes|2.3}} million
}}
Season of Love ({{langx|tr|Aşk Mevsimi}}) is a 2024 Turkish romance film directed by Murat Şeker and written by Ali Tanrıverdi, and Murat Şeker. Starring Dilan Çiçek Deniz, Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, and Duygu Sarışın, the film tells about the contradictory aspects of love and happiness.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyazperde.com/filmler/film-318695/ |title= Aşk Mevsimi |trans-title= Season of Love |date=2 January 2024|access-date=4 January 2024 |website= Beyazperde |language=tr}} It was released on 2 February 2024 in Turkey by CJ ENM.
Synopsis
The film shows how young love evolves over the years. Şirin and Ali Yaman’s story starts in Bozcaada when they were children. But as time goes by, their relationship becomes inseparable. Şirin and Ali’s emotions, which are in sync with the season of love at different moments, never coincide. The film explores the conflicting sides of love and happiness.
Cast
- Dilan Çiçek Deniz as Şirin
- Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu as Ali Yaman
- Duygu Sarışın
- Fırat Tanış as Altan
- Hakan Bilgin
- Ertuğrul Postoğlu
- Lila Gürmen
- Mert Asutay
- Çiçek Dilligil
- Murat Karasu
- Perihan Savaş
Production
Pre-production of the film began in July 2023 with the announcement of the lead cast as Dilan Çiçek Deniz and Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu. It was revealed that the film directed and co-scripted by Murat Şeker, will begin filming in August in Bozcaada.{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeturkiye.com/haber/ask-mevsimi-filminin-hazirliklarina-baslandi--5274|title = Aşk Mevsimi filminin hazırlıklarına başlandı|trans-title= Preparations for the movie Aşk Mevsimi have started|date=5 July 2023|access-date= 4 January 2024|website=Box Office Türkiye|language=tr}}
Filming began in early August 2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/televizyon/ask-mevsiminin-altani-firat-tanis-sete-cikti-42312524 |title= Aşk Mevsimi'nin Altan'ı Fırat Tanış sete çıktı |trans-title= Fırat Tanış, Altan of Aşk Mevsimi, appeared on the set|date=10 August 2023|access-date=4 January 2024 |website= Hurriyet |language=tr}} and completed in Bozcaada in the end of the same month.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyazperde.com/galerileri/filmler/galerileri-1000039787/ |title= Dilan Çiçek Deniz ve Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu'nun Oynadığı "Aşk Mevsimi"nin Çekimleri Tamamlandı |trans-title= Filming of "Aşk Mevsimi" Starring Dilan Çiçek Deniz and Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu has been completed |date=30 August 2023|access-date=4 January 2024 |website= Beyazperde |language=tr}}
Release
Season of Love, initially slated to release on 9 February 2024,{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeturkiye.com/haber/dilan-cicek-deniz-ve-cem-yigit-uzumoglu-nun-basrolunde-yer-aldigi-ask-mevsimi-nin-vizyon-tarihi-belli-oldu--5317|title = Dilan Çiçek Deniz ve Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu'nun başrolünde yer aldığı Aşk Mevsimi'nin vizyon tarihi belli oldu|trans-title= The release date of Aşk Mevsimi, starring Dilan Çiçek Deniz and Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, has been announced.|date=1 August 2023|access-date= 4 January 2024|website=Box Office Türkiye|language=tr}} was advanced to be released on 2 February 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.haberturk.com/ask-mevsimi-2-subatta-sinemalarda-3649054 |title= 'Aşk Mevsimi' 2 Şubat'ta sinemalarda|trans-title= 'Season of Love' is in cinemas on February 2 |website= Haberturk |date= 28 December 2023|access-date=4 January 2024|language=tr}}
Reception
=Box office=
Season of Love was released on 2 February 2024 in 144 cinemas. It was at the 12th place among all the films released in Turkey in 2024, with gross of {{₺|link=yes}}1,858,190 in first week of release.{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeturkiye.com/hafta/detay/2024-6|title=2024 Yılı 6. Hafta Verileri|trans-title=Box Office Weekly|website=Box Office Türkiye|language=tr}}
{{As of|2024|5|6|df=US|}}, the film has grossed {{₺|link=yes}}2,355,198 from 17,025 admissions.{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeturkiye.com/film/ask-mevsimi--2016935|title = Aşk Mevsimi|trans-title= Season of Love|date=2 February 2024|access-date= 7 May 2024|website=Box Office Türkiye|language=tr}}
=Critical response=
Atilla Dorsay of T24 rated the film 3/5 and praised the performance of Dilan Çiçek Deniz, and Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu. Giving positive review Dorsay wrote, "Murat Şeker has actually made an original film and the scenario they came up with Ali Tanrıverdi is also solid."{{cite web|url=https://t24.com.tr/yazarlar/atilla-dorsay/sinemamizda-cok-farkli-ve-cok-huzunlu-bir-ask-filmi,43339 |title=Sinemamızda çok farklı ve çok hüzünlü bir aşk filmi |trans-title=A very different and very sad love movie in our cinema.|author=Atilla Dorsay |website= T24 |date= 1 February 2024|access-date=6 February 2024|language=tr}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://sugarworkz.com/en/film-detail/ask-mevsimi/}}
- {{IMDb title|tt30050756}}
Category:2020s Turkish-language films