Uncle Yanco (1967)

Name: Uncle Yanco
Director: Agnès Varda
Released: 1967-10-01
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jean Varda, Tom Luddy, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda

Documentary

18 min

Plot Summary

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.