
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.
Scorsese's love letter to early cinema dressed as a children's adventure — the most personal film of his late period. Critics rapturous; won five Oscars including Cinematography. The Méliès tribute is one of the most moving tributes to the medium ever filmed.