A Real Love Story

Me & You, Us, Forever is the story of a 47 year old Christian man who is on the other side of an unwanted divorce. Troubled by it all, he starts to reminisce about his old high school girlfriend, who was his first love, and whom he dated for almost 2 and 1/2 years.

"A first love is hard to beat," states Dave. "When a 17 year old boy dates a 16 year girl for that length of time, during a stage of life when hearts are so very tender, you never forget or really get over your first love. To me, there is no greater feeling, and I've tried to capture that with this movie."

The film is set in 2004 and then flashes back to 1974. We see through the eyes of the main character this relationship he once held so dear. Christiano took a page out of his own life to produce his film. "This movie is inspired by a real life person," says Dave. "Part of what this movie portrays is something that really happened."

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Director Dave Christiano talks over a scene with Kathryn Worsham in Me & You, Us, Forever

Casting the movie had an interesting twist.

On August 19, 2004, something pretty incredible happened for Dave. "I received an E-mail from a mother in Texas who wanted to know if her daughter could audition for any upcoming film projects," said Dave. "This woman had sent a link to her daughter's head shot so I clicked on it and as soon as I did, I was stunned."

The photo was that of a 15 year old actress named Kathryn Worsham. What took Dave by great surprise was that she looked almost exactly like his old girlfriend of whom this movie was going to be based on.

"I sat there for a moment and was truly amazed. Here I am getting ready to cast this movie and I had never intended to cast someone who looked like the real person of the story."

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Kathryn Worsham as "Mary" in Me & You, Us, Forever

Christiano arranged for Kathryn to do an audition. "After seeing her, I knew I had my 16 year old," he said.

Production was not being planned until 2006 and when that time would roll around, Kathryn would be 17, the right age for the character.

The movie tells the story of a teenage couple from western New York who met on January 5th, 1974 and dated until June 2nd, 1976. The actual production of the film began on June 3rd, 2006, some 30 years later.

"Kathryn's scenes were first on the production schedule and it was really special to work with her," says Dave. "And I had only one regret after I finished her scenes; I wished I had written more for her. She was very good in the role."