JACKI LAI

The Last Knife Sharpener, 2015

Knife sharpeners existed in great numbers in Portimão, a small town in southern Portugal, in a time when the hope for the return of a lost king wasn't needed. Today only one exists.

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The Last Knife Sharpener is in the Algarve, in Portugal. He belongs to a past when the streets were not so empty and cold. We want to find him because we think he has the solution for the depressive state the city of Portimão is now in.

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We believe he could be the reincarnation of King Sebastian of Portugal and the Algarve. We will talk to the people of the city, the local people. They will help us find him.

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Producer