The Sessions
- Release Date
- May 2, 2012
- Director
- Ben Lewin
- Cast
- John Hawkes , Helen Hunt , William H. Macy , Moon Bloodgood , Annika Marks , Adam Arkin
- Runtime
- 95
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Ben Lewin
- Tagline
- The festival hit of the year.
- Website
- http://thesessionmovie.com
Summary
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) 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 Green (Helen Hunt) to lose his virginity.
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