The movie tells the story of the 12-year-old orphan Hugo (Asha Butterfield) who was taken care of by his uncle in Paris in the 1930s after the death of his father. His job was to maintain the 27 clocks in the railway station. Hugo lives in the high walls of the railway station, shuttles among the crowds, hides behind the big clock, observing the passing people coldly, and hiding his mind full of secrets. The only legacy left to him by his dead father was a broken robot. To fix it, Hugo had to find a heart-shaped key, which he believed was the message his father left him.
When Hugo was stealing parts from the train station, he was caught by the toy store owner George (Ben Kingsley) at the train station, so he met George’s goddaughter Isabella (Chloe Murray). (I play) Surprisingly, Isabella happened to have a heart-shaped key. With this key, Hugo discovered the secret hidden in the robot. What surprised him was that the owner of the toy store had been The forgotten film pioneer George Mélière, his films once fascinated Hugo and his father.
