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.
Christmas is approaching, and apparently perfect wife and mother Giulia snaps, abandons her squabbling family, and heads south to her home town of Trani. There, her mother is planning her annual tryst with her French lover, and Giulia meets an old flame. Soon, the whole family comes to Trani to confront Giulia, and long-kept secrets are exposed.