Stay as You Are
| Stay as You Are | |
|---|---|
US theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Alberto Lattuada |
| Screenplay by | Alberto Lattuada Enrico Oldoini |
| Story by | Enrico Oldoini Paolo Cavara |
| Produced by | Giovanni Bertolucci |
| Starring | Nastassja Kinski Marcello Mastroianni Barbara De Rossi Ania Pieroni |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (Internationally) |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Spain |
| Language | Italian |
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.