Human touch. Our first form of communication.
“Life’s too short to waste a second.”
This is the quote that stuck in my mind after watching the movie entitled Five Feet Apart. It is a great movie about two teenager who has cystic fibrosis and how they can live between hope and falling apart. Stella is optimistic, organized and so relatable that I often forgot she had cystic fibrosis. She lives in a hospital 24/7, adjacent to her best friend Poe, who also has cystic fibrosis.
When another cystic fibrosis patient, Will, moves into the hospital, Stella tries to avoid him after their first meeting because he sounds like the “I don’t care” type of person to Stella, and she is the opposite. Stella cherishes every breath, while Will can’t wait for his last.
So, no, it was not love at first sight, but opposites do attract. As time goes by and they begin understanding one another, they start falling for each other fast.
Tragically, Will and Stella can never kiss, hug or even hold hands. It is extremely dangerous for cystic fibrosis patients to touch each other, since they can end up catching each other’s bacteria, so Stella and Will have to stay at least six feet apart at all times. It was hard to watch at some points in the movie because anyone could tell that Stella and Will are madly in love, and it is so heartbreaking that they can’t touch.
Despite not being able to touch, Stella is able to teach Will how to enjoy life and shed his “I don’t care” personality.
“Five Feet Apart” is more than just a love story between Stella and Will. It has a truly powerful message that everyone should take away from this brilliant film: live life to the fullest, because you never know what might happen tomorrow.
