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.
In the wake of dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romania's citizens are still recovering from living in a police state. Taking over the investigative and intrusive role of the secret police is the ubiquitous television program TelePlus Jurnal. Feeling the effects of this new form of surveillance, writers Victor and Ioana Petroni are woken one day to an intense barrage of reporters. Digging into the couple's past, TelePlus Jurnal unearths a number of embarassing secrets and forces the couple to face up to their respective mistakes.