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Precious

73.19% | Nov 06, 2009 | Drama

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, 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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Lee Daniels
Director
Geoffrey Fletcher
Screenplay

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Gabourey Sidibe
Claireece "Precious" Jones
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Mo'Nique
Mary Lee Johnston
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Paula Patton
Blu Rain
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Mariah Carey
Mrs. Weiss
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Lenny Kravitz
John McFadden

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