Precious
Summary: In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Genre: Drama
Director:
Lee Daniels
Runtime: 1 h 50 min
MPAA: R
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 10,000,000
Domestic: $ 47,566,524
International: $ 16,083,005
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