American writer Stephen King sold the film rights to the story "The Man Who Didn't Shake Hands" to student of the Tashkent branch of VGIK Gulnara Ivanova for one dollar, MIR 24 reports, citing RTVI.
Using the work of the author, the director made a film that won the award for the best thriller at the Nitiin International Film Festival in Malaysia.
The source cites the words of the student herself, who noticed that she took advantage of the Dollar Baby program, which allows young filmmakers from around the world to film King's works for one dollar. According to the girl, while the film is not available for wide viewing. The director promised to inform in her social networks when and where the film will be screened.
The story "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" was first published in 1981, and in 1985 was included in King's collection The Skeleton Team. The hero of the work - Henry Brower is endowed with a strange feature - everyone he touches dies. As a result, Brower himself dies, shaking one hand with the other.