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.
Elenco: Asa Butterfield , Chloë Grace Moretz , Ben Kingsley , Sacha Baron Cohen , Jude Law , Christopher Lee , Helen McCrory , Michael Stuhlbarg , Marco Aponte , Emily Mortimer , Ray Winstone , Frances de la Tour , Richard Griffiths , Kevin Eldon , Gulliver McGrath , Angus Barnett , Edmund Kingsley , Max Wrottesley , Christos Lawton , Ben Addis , Lasco Atkins , Graham Curry , Eric Haldezos , Hugo Malpeyre , Gino Picciano , Martin Scorsese , Brian Selznick .