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.
Maria lives in a poor neighborhood of Buenos Aires during the time of the military dictatorship. She teaches reading and writing locally and lives with her mother, who owns a boarding house. One of the tenants is shy Felix, who is in love with Maria. However, Maria is also part of a group that opposes the regime, and one day she is arrested and taken to the infamous garage Olimpo, a torture center. And there, once again, she meets Felix...