The Sessions (2012)
The festival hit of the year!
Starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy
Directed by Ben Lewin
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 Green to lose his virginity.
Runtime: 95 min.
Rating: 6.9
 
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Comedy,Drama,Romance
Keywords: cat,virgin,narration,wheelchair,graduation,based on a true story,sexual arousal,judaism,power outage,intimate,catholic church,sexual awakening,male virgin,sponge bath,catholic priest,jealous husband,iron lung,sex surrogate,polio,polio victim,sexual pleasure,handicap sex
Cast
Mark O'Brien
Cheryl Cohen Greene
Father Brendan
Vera
Amanda
Rod
Josh
Mikvah Lady
Susan
Dr. Laura White
Clerk
Joan
Carmen
Greg
Tony
Matt
ER Doctor
Ambulance Driver