“Controversial and startling,
a documentary with real power”
-Charles Champlin, LOS ANGELES TIMES

In this groundbreaking cult documentary from 1985, director Kirby Dick weaves a fascinating study of a sex surrogate, Maureen Sullivan, and two of her clients, who each agreed to have their sex therapy sessions with Maureen filmed. Kipper, 25, is a near virginal grad student who gets nervous just talking to a girl. John, 45, is newly divorced and struggling to learn to relate to sexually and emotionally to women again. But as Maureen becomes progressively more intimate with them and works to build up their confidence, she exposes her own uncertainties about her ability to relate to others. Through it all what emerges is a disarming and compassionate look at the struggles people face in connecting with one another.

WINNER – BEST DOCUMENTARY 1985 USA Film Festival
WINNER – BEST DOCUMENTARY 1985 Atlanta Film Festival

“A sympathetic account of human frailty that is not easy to talk about, much less make a movie about”
-NEW YORK TIMES

“Sensational”
-VILLAGE VOICE

“Investigative journalism at its best”
-TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL

“A startling and rare portrayal of human vulnerability”
-NEW YORK POST

US Premiere: 1985 Los Angeles Film Exhibition (FILMEX)