Debate over Cystic fibrosis teen drama that raises awareness but could be exploitative

By Paul Byrnes
Updated April 14 2019 - 1:33pm, first published April 11 2019 - 4:30pm
Don't touch: Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse star in tearjerker Five Feet Apart. Photo: Roadshow
Don't touch: Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse star in tearjerker Five Feet Apart. Photo: Roadshow

Boy meets girl; if boy coughs on girl, she dies, and vice versa. It's a teen romance we haven't seen before. Stella (Haley Lu Richardson), a bright teen, is in hospital in the US for the umpteenth time. She is  determined not to be victimised by her cystic fibrosis - an incurable disease that makes her especially vulnerable to respiratory infection. Enter the new boy, devastatingly cute Will (Cole Sprouse), who doesn't take his medications on time, neglects his exercises, and sits on the hospital roof at night in the cold. 

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