Directed by:
Ben LewinScreenplay:
Ben LewinCinematography:
Geoffrey SimpsonComposer:
Marco BeltramiCast:
John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, W. Earl Brown, Adam Arkin, Robin Weigert, Annika Marks, Rusty Schwimmer, Rhea Perlman, Jenni Baird (more)Plots(1)
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 Surrogate, follows the fascinating relationship which evolves between Cheryl and Mark as she takes him on his journey to manhood. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Hawkes
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Taken (2002) (series)
Helen Hunt
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Cast Away (2000)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
William H. Macy
USA
Moon Bloodgood
USA
Best movies:
Eight Below (2006)
The Sessions (2012)
A Lot Like Love (2005)
W. Earl Brown
USA
Best movies:
Backdraft (1991)
The Unforgivable (2021)
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Adam Arkin
USA
Best movies:
The Fourth Wise Man (1985) (TV movie)
The Doctor (1991)
Hitch (2005)
Robin Weigert
USA
Best movies:
Loggerheads (2005)
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
Annika Marks
Best movies:
The Sessions (2012)
Anguish (2015)
Rusty Schwimmer
USA
Best movies:
North Country (2005)
A Little Princess (1995)
Broken Trail (2006) (TV movie)
Rhea Perlman
USA
Best movies:
Sing (2016)
Class Act (1992)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Jenni Baird
Australia
Best movies:
The Sessions (2012)
Backtrack (2015)
Alien Trespass (2009)
Daniel Quinn
USA
Best movies:
Wild at Heart (1990)
The Sessions (2012)
Hancock - Extended Cut (2008)
James Martinez
Best movies:
Side Effects (2013)
The Sessions (2012)
Run All Night (2015)
B.J. Clinkscales
Best movies:
The Sessions (2012)
Sylvie's Love (2020)
Dance Flick (2009)
Ming Lo
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Contact (1997)
Jason Jack Edwards
Best movies:
The Sessions (2012)
Black Dynamite (2009)
J. Teddy Garces
USA
Best movies:
Under the Same Moon (2007)
The Sessions (2012)
Where Hope Grows (2014)
Blake Lindsley
USA
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Tobias Forrest
Best movies:
The Sessions (2012)