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.
It's 1972, and troubled working-class Christine is committed to a mental institution by her father after a shoplifting escapade with her middle-class boyfriend Gilles, a rebellious 16-year-old in over his head. Escape, reunion and desperate flight ensue.