
Plages
The action of González-Foerster’s Plages takes place in Rio de Janeiro on New Year’s Eve, presenting the viewer with a bird’s-eye view of Copacabana’s beach crowded with white-clad revelers gathering for a seasonal firework display. Structured around a sequence of memories that intermingle personal desire with utopian ambitions for the city, it references landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx’s pavement designs and architect Sérgio Bernardes’s plan to build helix-shaped apartment blocks. For González-Foerster, the beach—with its free social movement and fluid boundary between land and sea—is a symbol of possibility. Copacabana could be a utopia, but as it starts to rain and the film nears its end, a local fisherman makes a stark announcement: “Copacabana does not exist.”
- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- EN
Release dates
FranceFR
- Theatrical1 Jan 2001
Frequently asked questions
- When was Plages released?
- Plages was released on 1 January 2001.
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- Is there a Hindi trailer for Plages?
- No verified Hindi trailer for Plages is available yet. Only the original-language trailer is listed.
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- Who directed Plages?
- Plages (2001) was directed by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster.












