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Uncle Yanco
Uncle Yanco
8.6
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4,759 Ratings

UNCLE YANCO

Oncle Yanco

Directed by Agnès Varda
France, United States, 1967
Short, Documentary

Synopsis

In California, Agnès Varda delves into her family history. She tracks down Jean Varda, a Greek emigrant relative she’s never met, and discovers an artist and kindred soul leading a bohemian life in Sausalito, near San Francisco.

Synopsis

In California, Agnès Varda delves into her family history. She tracks down Jean Varda, a Greek emigrant relative she’s never met, and discovers an artist and kindred soul leading a bohemian life in Sausalito, near San Francisco.

Our take

Amid the floating, make-shift homes of Sausalito, San Francisco’s “aquatic suburbia,” Agnès Varda locates a long-lost uncle, and a whole new way of life comes tumbling forth. An alternative look at the Bay Area’s infamous Summer of Love, Varda’s short glimmers with psychedelic and utopian promise.