Documentary · France · 1967 · 18m

Uncle Yanco

Oncle Yanco

Director

Cast

Jean Varda as Self Tom Luddy as Self Agnès Varda as Self Rosalie Varda as Self

Crew

David Myers — Director of Photography Didier Tarot — Director of Photography Roger Ikhlef — Editor Richard Lawrence — Original Music Composer Yiannis Spanos — Original Music Composer Agnès Varda — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

woman director

Key Collaborators

Agnès Varda Director David Myers Director of Photography Didier Tarot Director of Photography Roger Ikhlef Editor Richard Lawrence Original Music Composer Yiannis Spanos Original Music Composer Agnès Varda Writer Robert Greensfelder Producer

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