In this case, it’s the “six foot rule” set by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation which states that two people with CF must stay at least six feet apart to avoid catching the other’s potentially fatal bacteria. Unlike its 2014 predecessor, “Five Feet Apart” doesn’t ever grant our protagonists the guise of improving health. An upcoming movie from director Justin Baldoni, Five Feet Apart, must tread carefully as it surrounds a sensitive subject – cystic fibrosis cross infection. The movie, slated to release next spring, will also be adapted into a Young Adult novel coming in November. Stella (Haley Lu Richardson) and Will (Cole Sprouse) are seventeen years old The trailer for “ Five Feet Apart ,” the spring 2019 film about two people with cystic fibrosis (CF) falling in love despite cross-infection guidelines, dropped on social media this month. Like every other person with CF, I clicked on the trailer eager to see what my disease looks like on the big screen. A confessional monologue about the power of touch opens Five Feet Apart, the new Sick Kid YA film about two terminal Cystic Fibrosis patients who meet and fall in love.. Their main obstacle: the inability to connect physicality, as their proximity – they must remain six feet apart at all times – could be fa So, it was not surprising that the release of "Five Feet Apart," a love story centering on two young people living with cystic fibrosis, caused a quite a stir. Cystic fibrosis is an illness that is not often portrayed in television or film. This genetic disease causes thicker than normal mucus to form in the lungs, pancreas and other organs. Five Feet Apart will register the disease in the minds of young people – as well as the shocking line delivered by Poe, that once he turns 18, someone will have to pay for his treatment (in the Of course, the entire movie was not sappy. There were many moments that were bursting with joy and showed how strong love can be. Even a life threatening disease can’t stop love. A few months ago I read the novel version of “Five Feet Apart,” and I can confidently say the movie follows the plot of the written book very closely. "Five Feet Apart," released in 2019, tells the heart-wrenching story of two teens, Stella Grant and Will Newman, who are afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). They are under strict hospital orders Characters like the hopelessly flat, obnoxious sketches filling Five Feet Apart (when it has characters), an earnestly empty attempt at pulling feeling from terminal disease which should make a “Five feet apart” Movie is a dramatic portrayal of the “six-foot rule,” a guideline set by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation that says cystic fibrosis patients must be kept a minimum of six 7ir4tvJ.