Director: Ben Lewin

Writer: Ben Lewin

Keywords: Drama, Disability, San Francisco

A disabled poet hires a professional sex surrogate to help him lose his virginity.

ABSTRACT
Based on a 1990 piece in The Sun titled "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate", The Sessions tells the story of how Mark O'Brien, a poet in late-80s Berkeley, California forced to live in an iron lung due to complications from polio, hires a professional sex surrogate following consultation with his priest to permit him to lose his virginity. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Adam Arkin	Actor	19-Aug-1956		Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope
Moon Bloodgood	Actor	20-Sep-1975		Eight Below
W. Earl Brown	Actor	7-Sep-1963		The Alamo, Deadwood
John Hawkes	Actor	11-Sep-1959		Bugsy in The Perfect Storm
Helen Hunt	Actor	15-Jun-1963		As Good As It Gets
William H. Macy	Actor	13-Mar-1950		Fargo
Rhea Perlman	Actor	31-Mar-1948		Cheers

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