Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

Asa Butterfield
as Hugo Cabret

Ben Kingsley
as Georges Méliès

Chloë Grace Moretz
as Isabelle

Sacha Baron Cohen
as Station Inspector

Ray Winstone
as Uncle Claude

Emily Mortimer
as Lisette

Christopher Lee
as Monsieur Labisse

Helen McCrory
as Mama Jeanne

Michael Stuhlbarg
as René Tabard

Frances de la Tour
as Madame Emilie
Kamurai
Really good watch, might watch again, and can recommend. Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace-Moretz, Ben Kingsley, and Sacha Baron Cohen all give a great performance in this weird, weird setting of an alt history train station, or hell, maybe this is a true story and I'm just that unfamiliar with the bi...