A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch's Last Masquerade) (2013)
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
https://www.jumanamanna.com/A-Sketch-of-Manners-Alfred-Roch-s-Last-Masquerade
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Hakim Bishara as Alfred Roch |
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Anders Ribu as Narrator |
| Production | Jumana Manna | Producer |
| Sound | Jochen Jezussek | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Norman M. Klein | Writer |
| Sound | Jakob Langvik | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Jumana Manna | Director |
| Writing | Jumana Manna | Writer |
| Editing | Jumana Manna | Editor |
| Directing | Ihab Jadallah | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Daniel Kedem | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jumana Manna | Director of Photography |