Carlos López

Jean (director Cyril Collard) is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura (Romane Bohringer) does he come to realize his bisexuality... (imdb)

Thérèse (Casta), a young country girl, gets away with her husband in pursuit of a better life in the city. There, she finds out that her spirit is uncontrollable, that she is an "âme forte". She meets another savage soul, Madame Numance (Dombasle), the cultivated, elegant and mysterious benefactor of the city. An intense relationship, based on mutual admiration, is generated between the two women, until Thérèse's husband decides to take advantage of the Numances' kindness and robs them.

Stranded on an island in the Pacific, Julio attempts to keep his small group of soldiers intact and behaving like men, not beasts, in spite of disease, mutiny, dissent, and, worst of all, an attachment of French soldiers. (filmstory.org)

It's smoky, delicious -- and every stage of its preparation is part of Argentinean culture. It's all about the asado.