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.
In contemporary Valencia, where racism, xenophobia and disenchantment have taken hold of numerous local youths, middle-aged nurse Berta works to support her orphaned neice and nephews. Looking for romance, Berta begins dating detective Eduardo. The relationship is going well, but when Eduardo begins investigating the beating of a Sengalese immigrant, the evidence seems to point to Berta's neo-Nazi nephews, Guillermo and Raul. Refusing at first to accept the truth, Berta must eventually confront her nephews.