Stay As You Are (1978) on Netflix
Giulio Marengo is a landscape architect in Rome, married and unhappy. On business in Florence he meets Francesca, a college student, and spends the night with her.
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Plot summary
Giulio Marengo is a landscape architect in Rome, married and unhappy. While in Florence on business he meets Francesca, a college student, and spends the night with her. Francesca's mother, Posca, died, and an agriculturist named Bartolo has looked after her since. Giulio is a middle-aged professional with a practice back in Rome; Francesca is much younger and still at college. The two go on meeting after that night in Florence, and the affair continues.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Stay As You Are (1978)
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- Nastassja Kinski was 17 years old at the time of filming, and her many nude scenes created controversy; she has since disapproved of the nudity in the film on a number of occasions.
- Recalling the film in a 1981 interview with People, Nastassja Kinski said no one was prepared to say she shouldn't do it, and that no one protected her: "I was just a young girl, in Italy. It was stupid."
