Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex… Read more
56% ★★★☆☆ (59,076)
The Sessions
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Movie · Drama · Romance · R
2012 · 1h 35m · ★ 56% (59K)
The festival hit of the year!
Director: Ben Lewin
Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy
Overview
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
Director
Ben Lewin
Production
Such Much Films, Rhino Films
Cast
John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks, Adam Arkin, Rhea Perlman, W. Earl Brown, Robin Weigert, Blake Lindsley, Ming Lo, Rusty Schwimmer, Jennifer Kumiyama, Tobias Forrest, Jarrod Bailey, James Martinez, Paul MacLean, Phoebe Lewin, Jonathan Hanrahan, Jason Jack Edwards