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.
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Rating: NONE
Running Time: 110 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue Filipino, subtitled English
Three friends cope with day-to-day life in one of Manila's poorest neighborhoods. Stella is struggling to put her life together after serving a year in prison. She has lost her husband and custody of her 7-year-old son. Living in a hovel, she survives on whatever work she can find enlists her two friends Doray and Choleng to work as "criers" during the wakes preceding traditional Chinese funerals.
