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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, alongside Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, and ...
- $63.6 million
- Mario Grigorov
- $10 million
Nov 20, 2009 · Precious: Directed by Lee Daniels. With Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey. In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
- (115K)
- Drama
- Lee Daniels
- 2009-11-20
Summaries. In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
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Movie Info. Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her...
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- Lee Daniels
- R
- Gabourey Sidibe
Directed by. Lee Daniels. Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification. Produced by. Music by. Mario Grigorov. Cinematography by. Andrew Dunn. ... director of photography. Editing by. Joe Klotz. Casting By. Billy Hopkins. Jessica Kelly. Production Design by. Roshelle Berliner. Art Direction by. Matteo De Cosmo.
Nov 4, 2009 · Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Precious has shut down. She avoids looking at people, she hardly ever speaks, she's nearly illiterate. Inside her lives a great hurt, and also her child, conceived in a rape. She is fat. Her clothes are too tight. School is an ordeal of mocking cruelty.
Jan 31, 2010 · Precious is illiterate, aggressive, constantly tormented by fellow high-school pupils and abused, both physically and verbally by her alcoholic mother and father.