Adventure, Drama, Mystery (USA — 2011)

After his clockmaker father perishes in a museum fire, Hugo Cabret goes to live with his Uncle Claude, a drunkard who maintains the clocks at a Paris train station. When Claude disappears, Hugo carries on his work and fends for himself by stealing food from area merchants. In his free time, he attempts to repair an automaton his father rescued from the museum, while trying to evade the station inspector, a World War I veteran with no sympathy for lawbreakers. When Georges, a toymaker, catches Hugo stealing parts for his mechanical man, he recruits him as an assistant to repay his debt. If Georges is guarded, his open-hearted ward, Isabelle, introduces Hugo to a kindly bookseller, who directs them to a motion-picture museum, where they meet film scholar René. In helping unlock the secret of the automaton, they learn about the roots of cinema.

Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Written by: John Logan, Brian Selznick
Produced by: Graham King, Tim Headington, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Christopher Lee

Length: 121 mins.
Rating: 0 (BBFC)

Audio Tracks: en, de
Subtitles: en, de
DVD/BD Region: 2
Purchased on: 23 February 2013