The Gifts of the Body the patients and the caregiver. The book contains ten short stories, the titles of each being associated with "gifts" which are various functions of the body, both physical and emotional: sweat, wholeness, tears, skin, hunger, mobility, death, speech, sight, hope, and mourning. The caregiver experiences each "gift", as he/she deals with patients who have AIDS, showing the different shared relationships in each case. Each patient is a distinct case, differing in terms of age, financial situation, attitude toward the illness etc., showing the reader that this disease affects all types of people. The book is written in the "no-frills style"
The Wages of Fear released on French VHS. The film is unique in that it won both the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or. "Violent Road" (aka "Hell's Highway"), directed by Howard W. Koch in 1958, and "Sorcerer", directed by William Friedkin in 1977, are American remakes. The first is not credited as such. The second was described by the director as an adaptation of the original novel. The "Goon Show" episode "The Fear of Wages" was inspired by the 1953 film. The Wages of Fear The Wages of Fear () is a 1953 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Yves Montand,