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Precious
| Rating: | R (for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language) |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | November 6, 2009 |
| Running time: | 109 minutes |
| Cast: | Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz |
| Director: | Lee Daniels |
| Producer: | Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness |
| Writer: | Damien Paul, Sapphire |
| Distributor: | Lionsgate Films |
Description: Set 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; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her.
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