Dreaming of Lions vs The Sessions
Dreaming of Lions has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.9/10 for The Sessions). Dreaming of Lions is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 35m. The Sessions is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dreaming of Lions
The Sessions| Dreaming of Lions | The Sessions | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paolo Marinou-Blanco | Ben Lewin |
| Main cast | Denise Fraga, Joana Ribeiro, Toni Gomila, Roberto Bomtempo, João Nunes Monteiro | W. Earl Brown, John Hawkes, William H. Macy, Helen Hunt, Adam Arkin |
Synopsis
Dreaming of Lions
Gilda is terminally ill. Her only wish is to die without pain, and as all her suicide attempts comically fail, she decides to seek professional help.
The Sessions
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
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