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The sessions

Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien 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, a sympathetic priest, 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.

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  • "Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien 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, a sympathetic priest, 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. Based on a true story."
  • "Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien 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, a sympathetic priest, 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. Includes bonus features."
  • ""Mark fait paraître une petite annonce : 'Homme, 38 ans, cherche femme pour relation amoureuse, et plus si affinités. En revanche paralysé... Amatrices de promenade sur la plage s'abstenir...'. L'histoire vraie et bouleversante du poète Mark O'Brien que la vie a privé de tout, et de sa rencontre avec une assistante sexuelle qui va lui permettre d'aimer, 'comme tout le monde'. Auréolé du prix du Public au festival de Sundance, récompensé aux Golden Globes© et nommé aux Oscar®, 'The sessions' est un film à l'intelligence rare. Le portrait d'un homme impressionnant de maîtrise et d'émotions sublimé par John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) accompagné par la radieuse Helen Hunt (Pour le pire et pour le meilleur) dans son combat pour être aimé tel qu'il est. Tout simplement magnifique." [Source : jaquette]."
  • "Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien 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, a sympathetic priest, 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."@en
  • "Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien 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, a sympathetic priest, 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."
  • "At the age of 36, Mark O'Brien, a man in 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."@en
  • "Ben Lewin writes and directs this Academy Award-nominated drama about the sexual awakening of a life-long polio sufferer. John Hawkes stars as Mark O'Brien, a writer in his late thirties who has spent his life lying horizontally in an iron lung since a debilitating childhood bout of polio. A poet and a romantic, Mark has lived a life devoid of sexual intimacy. When he is given the job of writing an article about the sex lives of the disabled, he arranges - with the support of his local priest, Father Brendan (William H. Macy) - t."
  • "Paralyzed and in an iron lung since childhood, thirty-eight-year-old poet-journalist Mark O'Brien enlists the help of a sex surrogate to lose his virginity."@en
  • ""Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien 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, a sympathetic priest, 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."--Container."
  • ""Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien 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, a sympathetic priest, 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"--Container."

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  • "Feature : Drama"
  • "fiction dramatique (fiction)"
  • "Video recordings for people with visual disabilities"
  • "Komediodramat (film)"
  • "Fiction films"
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  • "Dokumenty audiowizualne"
  • "Film amerykański"
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  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
  • "Film fabularny"

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