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The Sessions

Year
2012
Director
Ben Lewin
Runtime
95 min
Genre
Drama, Romance, Comedy
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Synopsis

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.

Festival record

  • LFF 12
  • CAN 12

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Cast

  • John HawkesMark
  • Helen HuntCheryl
  • William H. MacyFather Brendan
  • Moon BloodgoodVera
  • Annika MarksAmanda
  • Adam ArkinJosh
  • Rhea PerlmanMikvah Lady
  • W. Earl BrownRod
  • Robin WeigertSusan
  • Blake LindsleyDr. Laura White

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