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The Sessions (2012)

US:: R UK:: 15 Comedy Drama Romance

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.

Updated May 24 2020

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Runtime: 98 mins Revenue: $9,138,338 Budget: $1,000,000 Rating: 6.9 Tag Line: The festival hit of the year!

Cast

William H. Macy

Father Brendan

W. Earl Brown

Rod

Helen Hunt

Cheryl Cohen Greene

John Hawkes

Mark O'Brien

Rhea Perlman

Mikvah Lady

Rusty Schwimmer

Joan

Blake Lindsley

Dr. Laura White

Adam Arkin

Josh