The Sessions poster
Writer Ben Lewin
Director Ben Lewin

The Sessions

Tagline: The festival hit of the year!

Release Date: 2012-05-02

Duration: 95 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Helen Hunt
    Cheryl
  • Robin Weigert
    Susan
  • Adam Arkin
    Josh
  • William H. Macy
    Father Brendan
  • Moon Bloodgood
    Vera
  • John Hawkes
    Mark
  • W. Earl Brown
    Rod
  • Rhea Perlman
    Mikvah Lady
  • Ming Lo
    Clerk
  • Rusty Schwimmer
    Joan