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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.
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 ...
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.
- Ben Lewin
- 3 min
The Sessions. 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...
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- Ben Lewin
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- John Hawkes
The Sessions is a film directed by Ben Lewin with John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood .... Year: 2012. Original title: The Sessions (The Surrogate). Synopsis: At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a tetraplegic man in an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin.
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- Geoffrey Simpson
- Ben Lewin
At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband.
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Nov 19, 2012 · The Sessions tells the story of Mark O’Brien, a man confined to an iron lung for most of his day and who is determined, as he nears 40, to lose his virginity. The premise could be mistaken for a potential comedy or a melodrama.
