A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch's Last Masquerade)
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.
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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.
Comets
6.3
The Dream Team
5.0
Human Nature
6.0
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
8.0
Heartbeats
7.1
Welcome to the Dollhouse
7.1
City of Angels
6.8
Barbarella
6.0
Three Colors: Red
7.9
Greenery Will Bloom Again
6.6
The Iron Lady
6.4
Pushing Tin
5.9
The Stanford Prison Experiment
6.9
The Motive
6.2
The Edge of Love
6.2
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
7.9
Paris
6.5
Jeremiah Johnson
7.3
The Conversation
7.5
Hamlet
7.4