Two years later in 1993, Peck returned to a more Haitian- specific theme with a feature, "The Man by The Shore", a fictional story about the beginning of "Duvalierism" and the implementation of the process of terror through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl. The story of "Sarah, a girl who accepts her past demons and decides to live with them," got him a nomination for a Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. "The Man by the Shore" was the first Haitian film to be released in theatres in the United States.