The Man By the Shore
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Raoul Peck
Francois Latour
Douveline Saint-louis
Ailo Auguste-judith
Toto Bissainthe
Mireille Metellus
Film Details
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Synopsis
Built on fragments of memory, the story of a young girl's intuitive struggle for survival in the malevolent political and social environment of Haiti under Papa Doc Duvalier in the 1960s. Eight-year-old Sarah's father is a discredited army officer. He and his wife are forced to flee their small rural town by Janvier, a vicious Ton Ton Macoute strongman. They leave behind Sarah and her two sisters. The children are entrusted to their grandmother, who risks her life to secure them from Janvier, now bent on revenge and dedicated to the new regime. The story is narrated thirty years later by an adult Sarah, whose memories are haunted by nightmares of the man by the shore who put and end to her childhood.
Director
Raoul Peck
Cast
Francois Latour
Douveline Saint-louis
Ailo Auguste-judith
Toto Bissainthe
Mireille Metellus
Albert Delpy
Michele Marcelin
Jean-michel Martial
Johanne Degand
Magaly Berdy
Jennifer Zubar
Patrick Rameau
Crew
Gilles Aird
Jacques Attia
Elisabeth Augustin
Raymond Blumenthal
Chantal Bourbigot
Dominique Combe
Jacques Comets
Amos Coulanges
Emelyne Dajuste
Dominique Dejean
Eric Devulder
Michele Dion
Christian Gernier
Andre Grall
Andre Grall
Brigitte Grynblat
Jean-pierre Laforce
Armand Marco
Armand Marco
Jean-roche Marcotte
Raoul Peck
Raoul Peck
Pascal Verroust
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States May 17, 1996
Released in United States Spring May 17, 1996
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 13-24, 1993.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City April 29 - May 12, 1994.
Shown at Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival in New York City November 6-14, 1998.
Shown at Pan African Film Festival (Opening Night) in Los Angeles October 13-26, 1994.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1993.
35mm
color
dialogue French
subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
Third feature for Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck, following "Haitian Corner" (USA/West Germany/France/1988) and "Lumumba: Death of a Prophet" (Zaire/Haiti/Germany/1991).
Released in United States May 17, 1996 (New York City, Washington, D.C., and Miami)
Released in United States Spring May 17, 1996
