Hugo
Based on the award winning children's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is
wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton…
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. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the
secret he believes it contains.
On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, 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
Won 5 Oscars. Another 45 award wins & 104 nominations.
Critic Reviews:
- " Hugo is the master's new sublime work especially intended for lovers
of the seventh art who long to light the wick of the magic wand of the cinema of
the past. " – Yasser Medina
- " Hugo has plenty to indulge a silent film aficionado – or to educate
a young film buff. " – Pamela Hutchinson
- " Exquisitely acted and a heretofore unequalled artistic use of 3D.
" – Leslie Combemale