2012
6.9 (568 votes)
1h 35m
Official Website
Genres
Drama
Romance
Comedy
Production Companies
Such Much Films
Rhino Films
Rhino Films
The Sessions
The festival hit of the year!
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Ben Lewin
Producer: Judi Levine, Ben Lewin, Stephen Nemeth
Director: Ben Lewin
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Simpson
Story: Mark O'Brien
Top Cast
John Hawkes
Mark
Helen Hunt
Cheryl
William H. Macy
Father Brendan
Moon Bloodgood
Vera
Annika Marks
Amanda
Adam Arkin
Josh
Rhea Perlman
Mikvah Lady
W. Earl Brown
Rod
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