the sessions

5/15/2013

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.

Drama ꞏ Romance ꞏ Comedy ꞏ virgin ꞏ cat ꞏ narration ꞏ wheelchair ꞏ graduation ꞏ based on true story ꞏ sexual arousal ꞏ judaism ꞏ power outage ꞏ catholic church ꞏ sexual awakening ꞏ male virgin ꞏ sponge bath ꞏ catholic priest ꞏ jealous husband ꞏ iron lung ꞏ sex surrogate ꞏ polio ꞏ polio victim ꞏ sexual pleasure ꞏ handicap sex