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.
Arvid is a bank clerk whose girlfriend Henne is about to leave him because he is so boring. When Arvid accidentally foils a bank heist by hitting Franz over head, he realizes that Franz is really just a decent guy trying to raise money for he and his girlfriend Astrid to have a baby through artificial insemination. Seeing this as a chance not only to help Franz, but prove to his own girlfriend that his life is filled with danger and excitement, Arvid decides to rob a mail van, give the proceeds to Astrid, and find a way to spring Franz out of prison.