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Oct 19, 2012 · On Digital / Release Date: 10-19-2012. Watch Trailer. Based on the poignantly optimistic autobiographical writings of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, THE SESSIONS tells the story of a man confined to an iron lung who is determined - at age 38 - to lose his virgiity.
The Sessions: Directed by Ben Lewin. With John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood. A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.
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The Sessions is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Ben Lewin. It is based on the 1990 article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" by Mark O'Brien , a poet paralyzed from the neck down due to polio , who hired a sex surrogate to lose his virginity.
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.
Jan 23, 2012 · The Sessions. Directed by: Ben Lewin. Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy. Genres: Drama, Biopic. Rated the #112 best film of 2012, and #7460 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users).
Sep 10, 2012 · At Sundance this January, Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt courted the most attention she’s received in over a decade for her brave and baring turn as a sex surrogate in “The Sessions” (then...
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Tender, funny, and touching, The Sessions provides an acting showcase for its talented stars and proves it's possible for Hollywood to produce a grown-up movie about sex. Read Critics Reviews...
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