The Man by the Shore

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The Man by the Shore
Directed by Raoul Peck
Written by Raoul Peck
André Grall
Produced byPascal Verroust
Starring Jennifer Zubar
CinematographyArmand Marco
Edited byJacques Comets
Distributed byKJM3 Entertainment Group
Release date
  • 25 August 1993 (1993-08-25)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesHaiti
France
Germany
Canada
LanguagesHaitian Creole
French

The Man by the Shore (French : L'Homme sur les quais) is a 1993 Haitian-French drama film directed by Raoul Peck. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. [1] It was financed by Canada and France. It was released by KJM3 Entertainment Group, an independent film distribution company that also distributed with Kino International, Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash.

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The film tells the traumatizing story of Sarah (Jennifer Zubar) and her family during the tyrannical regime of François Duvalier (Papa doc).

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: The Man by the Shore". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 August 2009.