Movie: Uncle Yanco

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Jean Varda
Jean Varda

Self

Tom Luddy
Tom Luddy

Self

Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda

Self

Rosalie Varda
Rosalie Varda

Self

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    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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    1967-10-01

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    7.2

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