The Sessions

Overview

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.

Directed by Ben Lewin

Top cast

John Hawkes

Mark

Helen Hunt

Cheryl

William H. Macy

Father Brendan

Moon Bloodgood

Vera

Annika Marks

Amanda

Adam Arkin

Josh

Rhea Perlman

Mikvah Lady

W. Earl Brown

Rod

Robin Weigert

Susan

Blake Lindsley

Dr. Laura White

Ming Lo

Clerk

Rusty Schwimmer

Joan

Jennifer Kumiyama

Carmen

Tobias Forrest

Greg

Jarrod Bailey

Tony

James Martinez

Matt

P

Paul MacLean

Young Mark

P

Phoebe Lewin

Girl on Beach

J

Jonathan Hanrahan

Unicyclist

J

Jason Jack Edwards

Waiter

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