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Particles of Truth
Particles of Truth
Directed by	Jennifer Elster
Written by	Jennifer Elster
Produced by	Jennifer Elster
Starring	Jennifer Elster; Gale Harold
Cinematography	Toshiro Yamaguchi
Edited by	Ron Len
Music by	Mark Wike
Distributed by	Hart Sharp Video
Release date	2003;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Particles of Truth is a 2003 low-budget independent film directed, written by and starring Jennifer Elster, with Gale Harold. The film was released on July 26, 2005 by Hart Sharp Video. It premiered in the Tribeca Film Festival in 2003.

Plot

The film follows the lives of 10 dysfunctional individuals for 48 hours before the grand opening of an art show, focusing particularly on one dysfunctional couple played by Elster and Harold.

When this couple (Lili and Morrison) kiss for the first time, Lili goes into his bathroom and has flashbacks of her mother and realizes that she is not ready for a relationship. The film concludes that only with closure of her past, can she commit to a healthy relationship in the future.

Cast

Actor	Role
Jennifer Elster	Lilli Black
Gale Harold	Morrison Wiley
Alan Samulski	Johnny
Susan Floyd	Louise
Michael Laurence	Charles
Richard Wilkinson	Will
Elizabeth Van Meter	Flora
Mark Margolis	Grandpa Black
Leslie Lyles	Mrs. Wiley
Larry Pine	Mr. Wiley

Reception

It competed in the narrative section of the IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival. The film continued to screen at film festivals nationally and internationally during 2003 and 2004.

In 2003, it won the Austin Film Festival Jury Award for Best Feature and in 2004, it won the Best High Definition Feature Film at the HD Fest.^[1] It mostly has favorable reviews. The Los Angeles Times noted that "The images of 'Particle of Truth' are so sharp and cut so deep. It's as if its writer-producer-director Jennifer Elster made them with a scalpel.'^[2] Other positive comments include "standout performances...its damn fine," and "NY indie airily pulls off what Hollywood mightily strives for--believable romantic comedy".^[3]

Production notes

Viagra was misspelled intentionally for the film, this having to do with the cost of obtaining the right to use its name.^[4]

DVD release

Particles of Truth was released on DVD in 2005.

References

^ "Festivals". Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-06-19. List of Film Festivals
^ "The ultimate rock fan". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "Reviews". Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-06-19. Reviews
^ Mentioned in the DVD commentary.