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Stay As You Are is a film of genre Drama directed by Alberto Lattuada released in USA on 21 september 1978 with Nastassja Kinski
Stay As You Are (1978)
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Add to a movie listStay as You Are (Italian: Così come sei), also known as Stay the Way You Are, is a 1978 Italian–Spanish erotic drama film, directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Nastassja Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara De Rossi and Ania Pieroni. It follows the May–December romance between a vivacious young coed and a middle-aged professional who is unhappy in his marriage.
New Line Cinema gave the film a limited theatrical release in the United States on 21 December 1979. The film was scheduled for release by Cult Epics in May 2015 on DVD and Blu-ray.
Synopsis
While in Florence on business, Roman landscape architect Giulio Marengo meets an alluring college student, Francesca, and spends the night with her. She is the foster daughter of an agriculturist named Bartolo who has looked after her since the death of her mother, Flora. Later, a friend of Giulio's sees Franscesca in a restaurant and implies that she might be Giulio's daughter. It is a possibility since Giulio had been going out with Flora the year before Francesca was born. Shocked by the idea, Giulio tries to cool his relationship with Francesca. Meanwhile, he is distracted by the revelation that his unmarried daughter Alexandra, who is about the same age as Francesca, is pregnant.Actors
Nastassja Kinski
(Francesca)
Marcello Mastroianni
(Giulio Marengo)
Ania Pieroni
(Cecilia)
Mónica Randall
(Luisa Marengo)
Francisco Rabal
(Lorenzo)
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