Love the Hard Way (2003)

Claire a brilliant student seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory One day she meets a mysterious young man Jack at the cinema and is intrigued by his style assurance and audacity Apart from his artistic activities Jack has a regular scam going ripping off foreign businessmen with his loyal mate Charlie and two actresses But his tough guy exterior conceals a secret passion for old books and he dreams of writing a novel one day Jack falls hard for Claires purity and curiosity An unusual romance develops between them But Jack is scared of their growing intimacy and rejects Claire withdrawing into his shell Abandoned and confused Claire gradually begins to neglect her studies and embarks on a spiraling course of selfdestruction whilst Jack who tries to ignore her concentrates on his criminal activities However a sharp detective named Linda Fox is following his dodgy tracks