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Precious(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-11-06
73%
1719 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $10,000,000.00
Revenue: $47,536,959.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Smokewood Entertainment Group
Movie: Precious
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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Meet the Artists: Lee Daniels
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