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.
Centers on Dara and Eoin, two young Irish children age 11 and 12 who have to go and live at their aunt's house in France following their mother's suicide. Eoin soon tries to run away. Terrified at the idea of being abandoned, Dara seeks comfort from young English neighbor Bella. Between them a friendship forms, turning into a true obsession for Dara. Realizing his feelings are not reciprocated, the boy retreats to the forest. Reality and dream merge and he soon sinks into madness.