September 14, 1978
Release Date

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Stay As You Are (1978)

Name: Stay As You Are
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1978-09-14

1h 45m

Running Time

September 14, 1978
Release Date

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Plot.

A May-December romance. Roué Giulio Marengo, a Roman landscape architect unhappy in his marriage, meets Francesca, a young and beautiful Florentine, and then learns she might be his daughter. He resolves to keep his hands off but can't seem to stay away, and she's eager for a lover who's a father figure.

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Release Date
September 14, 1978

Original Name
Così come sei

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 45m

Content Rating
R

Genres
Romance Drama

Last updated: 2025-04-30

This Movie Is About.

architect

marriage

florence

fear

older man younger woman relationship

extramarital affair

unhappy

pregnancy

Wiki.

Stay as You Are (Italian: Così come sei), also known as Stay the Way You Are, is a 1978 erotic drama film, directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Nastassja Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara De Rossi, and Ania Pieroni. An Italian–Spanish co-production, it follows the May–December romance between a vivacious young college student 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 released by Cult Epics in May 2015 on DVD and Blu-ray.