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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Running Time: 97 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue Romanian, English, French, and Russian
Maria and Lone once loved each other. But now, their seventh child is to be born, only to grow up in conflict and abject poverty. Maria can't find a job and depends on her neighbour's generosity to survive. Ione beats and abuses her, and snatches away the little cash she can scrape up to go out drinking. Left by her husband, Maria cannot accept the idea of selling her baby. She would rather sell herself.