Hugo (2011)

Released: November 23, 2011 (Wide)
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Source Based on: Book/Short Story
Major Genre: Adventure
Country: United States
Production Method: Live Action
Creative Type: Fantasy
Director: Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: Young Hugo Cabret believes the world is like a clock. He sees life as though it’s the inside of one of those complex mechanisms, with each person a gear or lever which performs a specific function in a specific way. In his view everyone has something they’re meant to do, somewhere they’re meant to be. Orphaned at an early age by the sudden death of his father, Hugo lives inside the walls of a train station, a place where life as a clock seems to be true. The trains keep time, moving people back and forth, to and from the places they’re meant to be in. The station inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen) has found his calling, chasing thieves and locking up orphans on the run. The shopkeepers have their function, selling the things people need, and going home at night to be with the ones they love. Hugo has a place too, fixing the clocks that keep the station on time and hiding from the inspector who may mistakenly believe that Hugo doesn’t belong.
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