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.
A star of both the stage and the screen, Malak's life is at an impasse. Her husband has left her for her best friend, and her loyal screenwriter can't seem to come up with a new script. Enter the suave Jean-Jacques Lamey, a Franco-Egyptian psychoanalyst whose prescription for her troubles includes becoming her leading man in more ways than one, despite the suspicions of Malak's friends and family.