Precious is a movie directed by Lee Daniels in 2009 and based on the book Push by Sapphire, first published in 1996. The movie features Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, and others.
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Storyline
In 1987, 16-year-old Precious lives in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City with her unemployed mother Mary, who has long subjected her to physical, verbal, and sexual abuse. When Ms. Rain discovers them the next morning, she frantically calls local shelters looking for a safe place for Precious and Abdul to live in, but they end up staying with Ms. Rain and her live-in girlfriend.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
110
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1996
Pages
177
Book Rate
7.68
S: Goodreads
Book
Push
Author: Sapphire
Country: USA
First published in: 1996
Length: 177 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The biggest challenge of adapting the book was trying to make the inner lives of the characters legible through their outward actions.”
SALLY ROONEY (Writer)
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