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.
Two young refugees from the Yugoslav civil war find a shelter in a rat-infested shed on an island on the river Sava. One falls in love with a kind-hearted prostitute who turns tricks to save her family from starvation, but his efforts to deliver her from the clutches of her pimps fail.