The Sessions
2012, Film, 95 min, Biography, Comedy, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 74
The festival hit of the year!
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.
Directed by Ben Lewin
Cast
- John Hawkes as Mark
- Helen Hunt as Cheryl
- William H. Macy as Father Brendan
- Moon Bloodgood as Vera
- Annika Marks as Amanda
- Adam Arkin as Josh
- Rhea Perlman as Mikvah Lady
- W. Earl Brown as Rod
- Robin Weigert as Susan
- Blake Lindsley as Dr. Laura White
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