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Bookmark this pageLove the Hard Way (2000)
Director: Peter Sehr
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From Time Out Film Guide
Brody may have been great as Polanski's Pianist, but in this slick, English-language, NYC-set cautionary tale (from a novel by Wang Shuo), he hasn't much of a chance. He plays a hustler, con-man and all round jerk who seduces and begins to ruin the prospects of a brilliant young student. She can't let go, and he won't let anyone near his secret sensitive side (he wants to write a novel, natch). A Beauty and the Beast fable of innocence and experience, it's irritatingly obvious and superficial.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Sehr
Producer: Peter Sehr, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente
Cast: Charlotte Ayanna, Adrien Brody, August Diehl, Pam Grier, Jon Seda, Liza Jesse Peterson, Katherine Moennig, Michaela Conlin, Joey Kern full cast
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