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dir. Martin Scorsese, 2011, 126 minAdapted from an illustrated historical fiction book by Brian Selznick, Hugo is an homage to French film pioneer Georges Méliès. 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 left by his late father. Hugo’s determination to fix the automaton leads him – via an embittered toymaker – to an enchanting but forgotten world of moving pictures.