Douglas Petersen’s marriage of twenty-one years to Connie is almost over. When Autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave for college.
Connie has decided to leave soon after. But there are still the summer holidays to get through, a Grand Tour of Europe’s major cities, and over the course of the journey, Douglas devises a plan to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.
Forced to understand why his marriage is in tatters, he looks back to the beginning of their relationship and learns once again whom he fell in love with.
Douglas Petersen’s marriage of twenty-one years to Connie is almost over. When Autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave for college.
Connie has decided to leave soon after. But there are still the summer holidays to get through, a Grand Tour of Europe’s major cities, and over the course of the journey, Douglas devises a plan to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.
Forced to understand why his marriage is in tatters, he looks back to the beginning of their relationship and learns once again whom he fell in love with.
Us is a comedy about the demands of living together, about parenthood, about the relationship between reason and emotion, art and science, parents and children, middle-age and youth.
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