Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.
Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son that Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty soon accepts Jose as her new son, and grows deeply attached. Meanwhile, Jose's real mother Carole is desperately looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.
