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The Sessions

2012 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

6.9/10

Rating

95 min

Runtime

2012

Release Year

Ben Lewin

Director

Cast

John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks

Quick 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.

Full Plot Summary of The Sessions

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.

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