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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Fri, Nov 6, 2009
  • Drama
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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When & where

US
  • In CinemasFri, Jan 16, 2009Sundance Film Festival
GB
  • In CinemasFri, Jan 29, 2010
CA
  • In CinemasFri, Nov 6, 2009
AU
  • In CinemasThu, Feb 4, 2010
FR
  • In CinemasFri, May 15, 2009Cannes Film Festival
DE
  • In CinemasThu, Mar 25, 2010
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Gabourey Sidibe
    Gabourey Sidibe
    as Precious
  • Mo'Nique
    Mo'Nique
    as Mary
  • Paula Patton
    Paula Patton
    as Ms. Rain
  • Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey
    as Ms. Weiss
  • Sherri Shepherd
    Sherri Shepherd
    as Cornrows
  • Lenny Kravitz
    Lenny Kravitz
    as Nurse John
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