Stay As You Are

Stay as you are
United States poster of this film
Directed by	Alberto Lattuada
Produced by	Giovanni Bertolucci
Screenplay by	Alberto Lattuada Enrico Oldoini
Story by	Enrico Oldoini Paolo Cavara
Starring	Nastassja Kinski Marcello Mastroianni Barbara De Rossi Ania Pieroni
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine
Distributed by	New Line Cinema (USA)(theatrical) Columbia Pictures (Hong Kong, France and some other countries)
Release date(s)	December 21, 1979 (USA)
Running time	95 min.
Language	Italian

Stay As You Are (Italian: Così come sei) is a 1978 erotic-drama film, directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Nastassja Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara De Rossi and Ania Pieroni.^[1] It is also known as Stay The Way You Are in some countries.

New Line Cinema gave this film a limited US theatrical release on December 21, 1979. However, this film's DVD has not been released in the United States yet.

This film received positive reviews, especially for Nastassja Kinski's performance. According to the United States poster of this film, Bruce Williamson of Playboy called it "A truly sexy film".^[2] TIME magazine also praised Kinski's performance: "Kinski is simply ravishing, genuinely sexy and high-spirited without being painfully aggressive about it."^[3] Mr. Skin gave the film four stars (out of four).^[4]

Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni - Giulio Marengo
• Nastassja Kinski - Francesca
• Francisco Rabal - Lorenzo
• Mónica Randall - Luisa Marengo
• Ania Pieroni - Cecilia
• Barbara De Rossi - Ilaria Marengo
• José María Caffarel - Bartolo
• Giuliana Calandra - Teresa
• Maria Pia Attanasio - Countess Archi
• Raimondo Penne - Notary
• Claudio Aliotti
• Massimo Bonetti - Horse trainer
• Mario Cecchi - The gardener
• Adriana Falco - Giulio's secretary
• Rodolfo Bigotti

References

1. ^ "NY Times: Stay As You Are". NY Times.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/46736/Cosi-come-sei/details. Retrieved 2009-03-29. 
2. ^ http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_poster/stay_as_you_are_1978.htm
3. ^ "Bedrock Taboo", TIME, Jan. 21, 1980.
4. ^ "Stay as You Are (1978)", Mr. Skin.

External links

• Così come sei at the Internet Movie Database