The Sessions

The festival hit of the year!

The Sessions — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 2, 2012
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance, Comedy
• Director
• Ben Lewin

The Sessions — 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