Jan 01, 1967
18 min
Full-HD

Uncle Yanco (1967)

While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by her friend Tom Luddy, gets to know a relative she had never heard of before, Jean Varda, nicknamed "Yanco". This hitherto unknown uncle lives on a boat in Sausalito, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life. The meeting is a very happy one.

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Documentary

Country

France

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Ciné-Tamaris

Jean Varda

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Tom Luddy

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Agnès Varda

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Rosalie Varda

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