Precious - A Novel By Sapphire
Release date: 29 January 2010
Running time: 109 mins
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Paula Patton, Gabourey Sidibe, Mo' Nique, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz
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Winner of the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress and nominated for six Oscars - including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress - this is an intense but uplifting drama of an abused teenager striving for a better life.
At the age of just sixteen Clareece 'Precious' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) has already suffered unimaginable hardships. Abused by her mother (Mo' Nique), she grows up poor, angry, obese and illiterate in a crumbling tenement block. Pregnant for the second time by her own absent father, and threatened with expulsion from school, Precious is trapped in a life of misery. Even when she is offered the chance of an alternative education, her mother tells Precious that she is too stupid to do anything other than eke out a living on welfare. But Precious takes a chance with the Each One/Teach One initiative, where she is mentored by the patient and caring Ms Rain (Paula Patton). As the heart-breaking consequences of her upbringing are revealed, Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness towards light, love and dignity.
Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher
Distributor: Icon
You should see it because: This powerful drama from director Lee Daniels is an inspirational portrayal of one girl's struggle to overcome adversity.
See it if you liked: Angela's Ashes (1999), Half Nelson (2006), The Class (2008)
