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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

R ★ 7.3/10 110 min Drama United States English
Director: Lee Daniels
Screenplay by: Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Novel: Sapphire
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For precious girls everywhere.

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In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.

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Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe Precious
Mo'Nique
Mo'Nique Mary
Paula Patton
Paula Patton Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey Ms. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz Nurse John
Stephanie Andujar
Stephanie Andujar Rita
Chyna Layne
Chyna Layne Rhonda

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