Film

The Sessions

2012 · 1h 35m · Drama · Romance · Comedy

The festival hit of the year!

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

79

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.

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

• Ben LewinDirector · Producer · Writer
• Judi LevineProducer
• Stephen NemethProducer
• Geoffrey SimpsonDirector of Photography
• Marco BeltramiOriginal Music Composer
• Lisa BromwellEditor
• Ronnie YeskelCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

May 2, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$9,138,338

Genres

Drama, Romance, Comedy

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