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.
Tackles one of the greatest taboos of Brazil: race relations. In separate vignettes, the film provides an insight into how even the most progressive and open encounters between Brazilians from different ethnic backgrounds are filled with painful contradictions. It compares social practices at the time of slavery with those of the pseudo-generosity of charitable institutions now, and rejects both of these resolutely.
