The Sessions Page #2

Synopsis: At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a man who uses an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and his priest, he contacts Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a professional sex surrogate and a typical soccer mom with a house, a mortgage and a husband. Inspired by a true story, The Sessions, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood.
Director(s): Ben Lewin
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 63 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
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Year:
2012
95 min
$5,997,134
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...her Tudor court face...

...her strong, fleshy legs

Drove me to ecstasies of despair.

Want me to do that?

(MARK MOANS SOFTLY)

All I wished for were hands that moved...

...just to touch her.

That would have been enough.

So with a gentle, fearless

heart she took me in.

I thrived in her garden...

...and wanted more.

AMANDA:

Okay.

Shirts, shirts, shirts.

Oh.

This you must have.

(WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY)

What? What is it?

I love you.

Um...

Did she reciprocate your feelings?

She didn't seem to.

Sometimes people can be very shy

about their emotions.

Well, in case

she didn't get it the first time...

...I told her again that I was in love

with her and I wanted to marry her.

Thinking it might swing things.

Did it?

Yeah.

She left.

Amanda could have been a pretty girl...

...to touch, to hold, to take to bed.

I wish I knew what to say to you.

Welcome to the human race.

Every day, somebody breaks

somebody else's heart.

And as I said, I'm here for you.

I just wish I had something

more useful to offer.

All I have are these vague ideas

about life and death...

...that we priests are equipped with.

Have you considered

sharing your feelings with a therapist?

Not really.

Yeah? Father?

I think I need a hug.

A hug?

Yeah.

BRENDAN:

There you go.

(GATE OPENS)

Hi. Vera?

Yes.

Oh, hi, I'm Rod.

Hi.

I... I usually do 4 to midnights...

...but we could switch if necessary.

(AIR HISSING)

Have you had any experience?

Some.

(PHONE RINGING)

Would you get that, please?

(VERA CLEARS THROAT)

Hello.

It's Sandy from Pacific News Service.

Could you press that button

and put it on speakerphone, please?

(PRESSES BUTTON)

Hi, Sandy.

SANDY:
Hi, Mark. How you doing?

I'm good.

I have a new attendant.

She answered the phone.

Her name's Vera.

Welcome, Vera.

Thank you.

Mark, we're doing a series of articles...

...that I think might interest you.

The subject is sex and the disabled.

It would involve interviewing people

in the Berkeley area.

But why now?

Because we've got the money now.

But if you're working on something else,

then we can talk about it later.

No.

Now is fine.

Great.

MARK:

There was no escaping it.

A door had opened that I could not close.

And in invisible writing,

it said, "Do not enter."

(RINGS DOORBELL)

CARMEN:
Most positions like that one

are pretty much impossible.

I don't know if you can quite visualize it,

but it's called a lateral...

...or a sideways reverse cowgirl.

It's okay. It's just a question of depth

of penetration for most people.

Like my partner, for instance.

It doesn't really matter to me.

I mean, I get just as excited

when he licks my nipples.

When he bothers to do that.

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