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The Sessions (2012)

The Sessions (2012)

Drama Comedy Romance

The festival hit of the year!

Release Date: 2012, May 2
Directors: Ben Lewin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Such Much Films, Rhino Films
Cast: Tobias Forrest, William H. Macy, Rhea Perlman, W. Earl Brown, Helen Hunt, Ming Lo, John Hawkes, Robin Weigert, Moon Bloodgood, Blake Lindsley, Jennifer Kumiyama, Rusty Schwimmer

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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