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The Sessions (2012)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Ben Lewin
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    Mark John Hawkes
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    Cheryl Helen Hunt
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    Father Brendan William H. Macy
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    Vera Moon Bloodgood
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    Amanda Annika Marks
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    Josh Adam Arkin
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    Mikvah Lady Rhea Perlman
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    Rod W. Earl Brown

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