Five Feet Apart (2019)

Directed by

Justin Baldoni

Genre

drama film, teen film, melodrama, teen drama television, romance film, romantic drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 5,948 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenagers with cystic fibrosis meet in a hospital and fall in love. They must keep a physical distance of five feet to protect each other from infection.

romanticmelancholictenderbittersweetemotionalintimatepoignantyearning

What happens

Five Feet Apart is a 2019 American coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni (in his directorial debut) and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. The film was inspired by Claire Wineland, who had cystic fibrosis. Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse play two young patients with cystic fibrosis who try to have a relationship despite being forced to stay five feet apart from each other. The film was released in the United States on March 15, 2019, by CBS Films via Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $92.5 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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