The Sessions
Drama
Romance
Comedy
The festival hit of the year!
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.
2012-05-02
en
Cast
Director
Ben Lewin
John Hawkes as Mark
Helen Hunt as Cheryl
William H. Macy as Father Brendan
Moon Bloodgood as Vera
Annika Marks as Amanda
Adam Arkin as Josh
Rhea Perlman as Mikvah Lady
W. Earl Brown as Rod
Robin Weigert as Susan
Blake Lindsley as Dr. Laura White
Ming Lo as Clerk
Rusty Schwimmer as Joan
Jennifer Kumiyama as Carmen
Tobias Forrest as Greg
Jarrod Bailey as Tony
James Martinez as Matt
J. Teddy Garces as Man in Elevator
Daniel Quinn as E.R. Doctor
B.J. Clinkscales as Ambulance Driver
RayVeness as Pill Nurse