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.
Eleven-year-old Maria's brother has died of cancer, and her family is falling apart. Her father sends her to stay with her grandparents in another part of the country, where she first escapes into fantasy, and then meets a boy her age who helps her regain her trust.