The Sessions (2012)
The festival hit of the year!
95 min
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.
- Release date
- January 23, 2012
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Box office
- $9,138,338
Trailer
Cast
- 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
Crew
- Ben Lewin · Director
- Ben Lewin · Writer
- Mark O'Brien · Writer
- Judi Levine · Producer
- Ben Lewin · Producer
- Stephen Nemeth · Producer
- Marco Beltrami · Composer
- Geoffrey Simpson · Cinematographer
- Lisa Bromwell · Editor
- Ronnie Yeskel · Casting director
- John Mott · Production designer