Activities - Our deluxe one-bedroom suite was spacious, bright, and spotless. The bedroom was furnished with a comfortable king-sized bed, sturdy end tables, a double dresser, plenty of closet space, and French doors that opened out to garden below. The bathroom was larger than my last office and equipped with liquid soaps, shampoos and conditioners provided in dispensers on wall.

The fully-equipped kitchen, dining area and living room were decorated in soothing peach, green and cream tones. The hotel's namesake - bougainvillea - bloomed profusely each day, and from balcony were views of sea, pools, gardens and waterfalls.

My husband and I are not big fans of air conditioning, so we opted for open doors. Warm wind circulated fragrant night air; sound of surf washing against shore, mingling with gentle "tweet" of tiny tree frogs sent us into a deep and restful sleep each night.

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Two other French films weren't quite so sunny. "A Matter of Taste" deals with a creepy industrialist, Bernard Giraudeau from "Water Drops on Burning Rocks," who hires a young, aimless man to be his personal taster. Over course of film Giraudeau molds and psychologically tortures taster into becoming almost his twin. The movie is never overtly gay, but homoerotic tension between two leads is pushed all way through film. In "Come Undone," two high school age boys meet at beach, start spending lots of time together in and out of bed (memorably at one point in dunes), and eventually learn some truths about life. Both films deal with ambiguity and unresolved conflict. Both films deal with power and struggles for dominance in a relationship. A Matter of Taste is a considerably darker take on how this might play out between two men, but both stories are sexy and compelling.

Speaking of sexy and compelling, most erotic film I saw at festival was this first time film from João Pedro Rodrigues of Portugal. "O Fantasma" deals with a country boy, Sergio (played by Ricardo Meneses in his first role), in big city who takes a job as a garbage collector. He spends a lot of time working out his position/place in a sexual world, including flirting with a female coworker who is sleeping with her boss; stalking a handsome, motorcycle-riding man he meets; and generally working out his sexual frustrations. These scenes are all in well lit, extremely well photographed sequences - at a public pool, in yard outside his stalking victim's house, and in back seat of a police car. The film takes a step into surreal in its last 20 minutes, but director has taken steps to lead you to this point. In a way, Sergio is just trying to work out who is alpha male in this new world he's found himself in.

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