# Run for Money

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{{Short description|1999 Turkish film by Reha Erdem}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2008}}
{{Infobox film
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Reha Erdem](/source/Reha_Erdem)
| producer       = Ömer Atay
| writer         = Reha Erdem
| starring       = [Taner Birsel](/source/Taner_Birsel)<br/>[Bennu Yıldırımlar](/source/Bennu_Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1mlar)<br/>Zuhal Gencer<br/>[Engin Alkan](/source/Engin_Alkan)
| cinematography = Florent Herry<br/>Jean-Louis Vialard
| editing        = Nathalie LeGuay
| music          = [Dave Henley](/source/Pressure_Drop_(band))<br/>[Justin Langlands](/source/Pressure_Drop_(band))
| studio         = Atlantik Film
| distributor    = [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.) (Turkey)
| released       = {{Film date|1999|12|17|Turkey}}
| country        = Turkey
| language       = Turkish
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Run for Money''''' ({{langx|tr|Kaç para kaç}}) is a 1999 [Turkish film](/source/Cinema_of_Turkey) [directed](/source/Film_director) by [Reha Erdem](/source/Reha_Erdem). It was Turkey's submission to the [73rd Academy Awards](/source/73rd_Academy_Awards) for the [Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film), but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref name="46Submisisons">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2000/00.11.20.a.html|title=Record 46 Countries in Race for Oscar|website=[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/source/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences)|date=2000-11-20|accessdate=2008-07-19 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080405192710/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2000/00.11.20.a.html |archivedate = 2008-04-05}}</ref><ref name="indieWireNominees">{{cite news|url=http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_010213_OscarNoms.html |title=AMPAS Announces the Nominees for the 73rd Academy Awards |work=[IndieWire](/source/IndieWire) |accessdate=2008-07-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212142938/http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_010213_OscarNoms.html |archivedate=February 12, 2005 }}</ref>

==Premise==
Selim, a down-on-his-luck owner of a clothing store in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), 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](/source/Taner_Birsel) as Selim
* [Bennu Yıldırımlar](/source/Bennu_Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1mlar) as Ayla
* Zuhal Gencer as Nihal
* [Engin Alkan](/source/Engin_Alkan) as Ahmet
* Sermet Yesil as Çirak

==Reception==
===Critical response===
Phil Hall of ''[Film Threat](/source/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".<ref name=FT>{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Phil |title=Kaç para kaç |url=https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/kac-para-kac-a-run-for-money/ |website=[Film Threat](/source/Film_Threat) |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=December 19, 2000}}</ref> He also commended Birsel's performance, saying the 
character [of Selim] is 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."<ref name=FT/>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film}}
*[Cinema of Turkey](/source/Cinema_of_Turkey)
*[List of submissions to the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film](/source/List_of_submissions_to_the_73rd_Academy_Awards_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film)
* [List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film](/source/List_of_Turkish_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0254463|title=Kaç para kaç}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes}}
{{Turkish submissions for the Academy Award}}
Category:1999 films
Category:1999 black comedy films
Category:1999 comedy-drama films
Category:Films set in Turkey
Category:Turkish black comedy films
Category:Turkish comedy-drama films
Category:1990s Turkish-language films

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