Holes

(2003)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 1,595 votes

Genres: Adventure, Family, Drama, Comedy

Year: 2003

Runtime: 117 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Andrew Davis

Cast: Шайа ЛаБаф, Khleo Thomas, Сигурни Уивер, Джон Войт, Тим Блейк Нельсон, Патриша Аркетт, Дьюли Хилл, Генри Уинклер, Шиван Фэллон Хоган, Eartha Kitt

Plot

After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. As he endures the brutal routine, Stanley begins to uncover a hidden truth behind the camp—one that connects to a dangerous secret and his family’s history.

"But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a Major League baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake; it hasn't for 100 years. The secretive, mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time, leading Stanley to deduce that they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse?