Hugo
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key which Hugo needs to find to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets with a shopkeeper, George Melies, who works in the train station and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.
Adventure, Drama, Family
Paramount Pictures, Infinitum Nihil, GK Films
Ben Kingsley as Georges Méliès, Sacha Baron Cohen as The Station Inspector, Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret, Chloë Grace Moretz as Isabelle, Ray Winstone as Uncle Claude, Emily Mortimer as Lisette, Christopher Lee as Monsieur Labisse, Helen McCrory as Mama Jeanne, Michael Stuhlbarg as Rene Rabard, Frances de la Tour as Madame Emilie, Richard Griffiths as Monsieur Frick, Jude Law as Hugo's Father, Kevin Eldon as Policeman, Gulliver McGrath as Young Tabard, Angus Barnett as Theatre Manager, Edmund Kingsley as Camera Technician, Max Wrottesley as Train Engineer, Marco Aponte as Julien Carette, Christos Lawton as Arabian Knight, Ben Addis as Salvador Dali, Lasco Atkins as Talent scout (uncredited), Graham Curry as Railway Porteur 71 (uncredited), Eric Haldezos as Policeman (uncredited), Hugo Malpeyre as Theater Guest (uncredited), Gino Picciano as Worker (uncredited), Michael Pitt as Projectionist (uncredited), Martin Scorsese as Photographer (uncredited), Brian Selznick as Party Guest (uncredited)