Film Details

Coming to theriverside from : Friday 5th March 2010

Certificate : 15

Genre : Drama

Run Time :1hour 50minutes

Director : Lee Daniels

Writers : Geoffery Fletcher (screenplay)

   Sapphire (novel)

Cast : Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton,

  Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz

Directed by Lee Daniels, Precious is based on the novel Push, by Sapphire, a New York poet who worked with at-risk teenagers and wrote a collection of stories based on their experiences. Newcomer Gabourey Sidibe plays Clareece ‘Precious’ Jones, an obese, illiterate 16-year-old girl who's pregnant by her father and lives with her abusive, alcoholic mother Mary (Mo'Nique) who repeatedly beats her for stealing her man.

When Precious is expelled from school for lashing out at a fellow pupil, she's invited to join Each One, Teach One, an alternative education program run by inspirational teacher Blu Rain (Paula Patton). While attending the program, Precious gains her first friends, learns to read and write and gradually begins to stand up for herself.