- Description
Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who are united by their biting humour, their disdain for convention and, above all, their love. Their relationship is all the more unusual because they met and fell in love while attending cancer support group sessions. Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is sixteen years old. She loves (and tolerates) her sometimes overprotective parents and has just fallen in love with a young man named Gus Waters (Ansel Elgort), who in turn has fallen in love with her. As they grow closer, Hazel and Gus work through their fears together stemming from their health issues while sharing a love of books, including Hazel's favorite novel, The Emperor's Malady.
She has tried many times in vain to connect with the book's author, the reclusive Peter Van Houten (Willem Dafoe). When Gus manages to contact Van Houten, the writer unexpectedly invites them both to Amsterdam. Gus is determined to take Hazel on a journey to find answers to every question she has ever had about the book. But the answers she seeks do not come from Peter Van Houten. They come from the great adventure Hazel will have with someone she is not afraid to love and who has given them both what Hazel calls "A little eternity - an infinity between numbered days..."