A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch's Last Masquerade)

2013Directed by Jumana Manna

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Released: April 29, 2013
Runtime: 12m

About A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch's Last Masquerade)

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Synopsis

Alfred Roch, member of the Palestinian National League, is a politician with a bohemian panache. In 1942, at the height of WWII, he throws what will turn out to be the last masquerade in Palestine. Inspired by an archival photograph, A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch’s Last Masquerade) recreates an unconventional bon vivant aspect of Palestinian urban life before 1948. Posing silently for a group photo, the unmasked and melancholic pierrots accidentally personify the premonition of an uncertain future.

Director: Jumana Manna
Writers: Norman M. Klein
Jumana Manna

Principal cast

In billing order

Hakim BisharaAlfred Roch
Anders RibuNarrator

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