The Sessions

Academy Award® Winner Helen Hunt ("As Good As It Gets," 1997) joins Academy Award® Nominees John Hawkes ("Winter's Bone," 2010) and William H. Macy ("Fargo," 1996) in this triumphant true story about love, sex, desire, and making every breath count. Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien (Hawkes) has overcome adversity time and time again. But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist (Hunt), a sympathetic priest (Macy), and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humor, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous pleasures that make life worth living.

• Directed By

  Ben Lewin

• Written By

  Ben Lewin

• Produced By

  Judi Levine, Stephen Nemeth, Ben Lewin

• Cast

  Robin Weigert, Blake Lindsley, B.J. Clinkscales, Daniel Quinn, Jimmy Martinez, Jennifer Kumiyama, Jarrod Bailey, Jonathan Hanrahan, Jason Jack Edwards, J. Garces, W. Earl Brown, Ming Lo, Paul MacLean, Phoebe Lewin, Rusty Schwimmer, Tobias Forrest, John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks, Rhea Pearlman, Adam Arkin, William Macy