Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

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

For precious girls everywhere.

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.

Date of release
2009-11-06
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (1831)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Lee Daniels

Casting

  • Gabourey Sidibe — Precious
  • Mo'Nique — Mary
  • Paula Patton — Ms. Rain
  • Mariah Carey — Ms. Weiss
  • Sherri Shepherd — Cornrows
  • Lenny Kravitz — Nurse John
  • Stephanie Andujar — Rita
  • Chyna Layne — Rhonda
  • Amina Robinson — Jermaine
  • Xosha Roquemore — Joann
  • Angelic Zambrana — Consuelo
  • Aunt Dot — Toosie

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