Five Feet Apart (2019)
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Five Feet Apart is a 2019 American romantic drama directed by Justin Baldoni. Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson star as Will Newman and Stella Grant, two teenagers with cystic fibrosis who meet and fall in love while being treated at the same hospital. Their romance is complicated by the strict medical requirement that CF patients maintain at least six feet of distance from each other to prevent potentially fatal cross-infection — a rule Stella modifies to five feet, reclaiming one foot of closeness as an act of rebellion against the disease that controls their lives.
Haley Lu Richardson delivered a performance of radiant charisma and devastating vulnerability that elevated the film above its potentially melodramatic premise, making Stella's determination to live fully despite her condition feel authentic rather than sentimental. The five-foot rule provided a powerful physical metaphor for the barriers that separate people, a metaphor that gained unexpected resonance when COVID-19 social distancing mandates arrived a year later. Five Feet Apart earned $91 million worldwide on a $7 million budget.





