British Short Film Serves as Stunning Appeal for Homeless

You can't handle the truth. Or can you?
     Director Lucy Tcherniak's The Truth About Stanley is an intentionally disjointed, intensely sad 20-minute PSA/film that tells the story of Sam, a boy fleeing abuse at home, and Stanley, an elderly Congolese man with a vivid imagination, both living on the streets of central London. The film is subtle, challenging and surprising in all the ways that great art-house movies should be. Some viewers might be put off by the time-hopping narrative and relatively few revelations about the principal characters.