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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. John Hawkes and Helen Hunt star as O'Brien and sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene, respectively.
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
Nov 19, 2012 · When writer-director Ben Lewin first came across polio victim Mark O’Brien’s 1990 article, “ On Seeing a Sex Surrogate,” he was immediately intrigued: A 38 year-old man confined to an iron lung for 80% of his day, and largely paralyzed from the neck down, seeks to lose his virginity. Though Lewin had also suffered from polio as a child ...
Oct 19, 2012 · 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. John Hawkes and Helen Hunt star as O'Brien and sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene, respectively.
- 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. Inspired by a true story, The Sessions, follows the fascinating ...
Oct 18, 2012 · Since winning her Academy Award in 1998 (for As Good As It Gets), wrapping her hit sitcom Mad About You in 1999, and starring opposite Mel Gibson in the 2000 comedy What Women Want, Helen Hunt has ...
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The take. The Sessions is drama about Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes), a quadriplegic who is forced to live in an iron lung due to complications from childhood Polio. A poet by trade, Mark longs to experience the touch of a woman, and despite his condition, to ultimately lose his virginity at the age of 38.
