Precious (film)

Precious Base on Nol by Saf Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, commonly referred to as simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and coproduced by Lee Daniels. Precious is an adaptation by Geoffrey S. Fletcher of the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, MoNique, Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey. This film marked the acting debut of Sidibe.

In 1987, obese, illiterate 16yearold Claireece Precious Jones Gabourey Sidibe lives in the New York City ghetto of Harlem with her dysfunctional, abusive, unemployed mother, Mary MoNique, who has long subjected her to physical, mental and sexual abuse. Precious has also been raped by her father, Carl Rodney Bear Jackson, resulting in two pregnancies. The family resides in a Sectiontenement and survives on welfare. Her first child, Mongo short for Mongoloid, has Down syndrome and is being cared for by Precious grandmother, though Mary forces the family to pretend that Mongo lives with her and Precious so she can receive extra money from the government. When Precious second pregnancy is discovered, her high school principal arranges for her to attend an alternative school, where she hopes Precious can change her lifes direction. Precious finds a way out of her traumatic daily life by escaping into daydreams. In her mind, she has created an alternate world where she is loved and appreciated.Inspired by her new teacher, Blu Rain Paula Patton, Precious finally learns to read and write. She meets sporadically with social worker Ms. Weiss Mariah Carey, who learns about incest in the household when Precious reveals who fathered her children. While Precious is in the hospital giving birth to her second child, Abdul, she meets John McFadden Lenny Kravitz, a nursing assistant who shows her kindness. After her mother hits her and deliberately drops 3dayold Abdul, Precious fights back and flees her home with Abdul. As they set out, she stops at a church window and watches the choir singing a Christmas hymn inside, imagining that she and her fantasy boyfriend are together and singing a more upbeat version of the song. Precious breaks into her school classroom because it is cold and she has nowhere to go. After Blu discovers her the next morning, she frantically calls local shelters looking for a safe place for Precious to stay. Later that night, Precious stays with Blu and he

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