''Run for Money'' ( tr, Kaç para kaç) is a 1999
Turkish film directed
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by
Reha Erdem
Reha Erdem (born 1960 in Istanbul) is a Turkish film director and screenwriter.
Biography
He attended Galatasaray High School and studied history at Boğaziçi University before leaving to study film in 1983. He obtained a B.A. in Cinema Studi ...
. It was Turkey's submission to the
73rd Academy Awards
The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 2000 in film and took place on March 25, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST ...
for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Premise
Selim, a down-on-his-luck owner of a clothing store in
Istanbul
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, boards a taxi one evening that contains a suitcase left behind by a previous passenger. The briefcase contains stacks of American $100 bills. Selim attempts to locate the owner of the briefcase, but the owner cannot be found. However, Selim learns the owner was a bank clerk who stole the money (totaling $450,000) from his place of employment. In the meantime, Selim stores the money in his shop. One day his store's cash register is robbed (and not the suitcase money). Selim gives in to temptation and starts to spend the money, at first only buying necessities but then gradually indulging in lavish purchases. This leads him down a dangerous path as he searches for the robber and tries to evade the owner of the suitcase.
Cast
*
Taner Birsel
Taner Birsel (born 1959) is a Turkish film actor. He has appeared in twelve films since 1995. He starred in '' The Confession'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival
The 55th Cannes Film Festival ...
as Selim
*
Bennu Yıldırımlar
Bennu Yıldırımlar Yarar (born 22 November 1969) is a Turkish actress known for her performance in ''Yaprak Dökümü (TV series), Yaprak Dökümü'' as Firket Tekin, ''Umutsuz Ev Kadınları'' as Nermin, ''Kadın (TV series), Kadın'' as Hatice ...
as Ayla
* Zuhal Gencer as Nihal
*
Engin Alkan as Ahmet
* Sermet Yesil as Çirak
Critical reception
Phil Hall of ''
Film Threat'' reviewed the film positively, writing that it "is a harrowing dissection of the nastier aspects of the human spirit. Filmmaker Erdem keeps the action flowing in swift, staccato rhythms that never veer into the predictable, and he wisely throws in inexplicable behavior which mirrors his protagonist’s increasingly warped inner emotions".
He also commended Birsel's performance, saying the
character
f Selimis both an everyman and a fool, an object of pity and derision…a real person, perhaps too real for comfort at times, and Birsel's performance covers amazing ground."
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See also
*Cinema of Turkey
Cinema of Turkey or Turkish cinema (also old known as ''Yeşilçam'' literally means ''The Green Pine'' in Turkish language), () or Türk sineması is the sobriquet that refers to the Turkish film industry, film art and industry. It is an impo ...
*
References
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1999 films
1999 black comedy films
1999 comedy-drama films
Films set in Turkey
Turkish black comedy films
Turkish comedy-drama films
1990s Turkish-language films
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