The Sessions
Visit website6.9/10 • 565
2012-05-02 • 1h 35m
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.
- Directors
- Ben Lewin
- Writters
- Ben Lewin
- Editors
- Ben Lewin, Lisa Bromwell
The Sessions
Visit website2012-05-02 • 1h 35m
6.9/10 • 565
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.
- Directors
- Ben Lewin
- Writters
- Ben Lewin
- Editors
- Ben Lewin, Lisa Bromwell
Top Billed Cast
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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
Robin Weigert
Susan
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $9,138,338.00
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