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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
Play trailer The Sessions R Released Oct 19, 2012 1h 35m Comedy Drama Biography Play Trailer Watchlist. ... Release Date (Theaters) Oct 19, 2012, Limited. Release Date (Streaming) Nov 25, 2015.
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- Ben Lewin
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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 18, 2012 · 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 ...
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 ...
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THE SESSIONS is transcendent, laying bare (no pun intended) the emotional and sexual needs of the disabled in a way that's universal. Mark isn't simply looking for release; he's searching for a deep and abiding connection beyond his faith. The movie follows his exploration elegantly and without judgment -- and, in so doing, elicits empathy.
