The Sessions

The festival hit of the year!

May 02, 2012 1h 35m

6.901

563 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title	The Sessions
Companies	Such Much Films, Rhino Films
Countries	United States of America
Keywords	virgin, cat, narration, wheelchair, affectation, graduation, based on true story, sexual arousal, judaism, power outage, catholic church, sexual awakening, male virgin, sponge bath, catholic priest, jealous husband, iron lung, sex surrogate, polio, polio victim, sexual pleasure, handicap sex, angry, zealous, unassuming, anxious, understated, sentimental, whimsical, admiring, adoring, amused, straightforward, sympathetic, tragic, vibrant