Plot

Vaccaro By La Villa is a feature documentary by acclaimed and award winning filmmakers, Marco and Mauro La Villa about the extraordinary life of the iconic 99 year old, award winning photographer and charismatic orphan, Tony Vaccaro.

Vaccaro By La Villa is a feature documentary by acclaimed and award winning filmmakers, Marco and Mauro La Villa about the extraordinary life of the iconic 99 year old photographer, Tony Vaccaro.

An orphan's odyssey in search of a loving family. A story that took one hundred years to bloom.

Although he is an award winning WWII photo-journalist, the film's emphasis leans heavily towards Vaccaro's post-war years and his gripping personal story. The film also offers a trove of never before seen photos and original anecdotes about special assignments in exotic locations, serendipitous encounters and touching exchanges with the likes of Federico Fellini, Sofia Loren, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, John F. Kennedy, Georgia O'Keefe, Anna Magnani, Tino Nivola, Eartha Kitt, Robert DeNiro Sr., Hubert de Givenchy, Marcello Mastroianni, Peggy Guggenheim, Marcel Marceau, Jean Renoir, John Huston, Lauren Bacall, Isamu Noguchi, Charlie Chaplan, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vittorio Desica, Frank Capra and many more luminaries from around the world.

In their visually intriguing investigation the La Villa brothers step into Tony Vaccaro's shoes, retracing his steps and remaking some of his most iconic photos with contemporary actors and artists who provide crucial clues as to who the enigmatic centenarian really is. The story reveals a truly remarkable human being, connecting a dark painful past with a bright redeeming present and ultimately bringing an overlooked virtuoso to the artistic forefront.