The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Summary

An orphan named Hugo lives hidden in a Paris train station, keeping the clocks running while he tries to repair a mysterious mechanical man left by his father. His path crosses that of a bitter toy seller whose past holds the secret to the automaton and to the early days of cinema. Selznick tells the story through hundreds of pages of cinematic pencil drawings woven together with prose, creating a hybrid that reads like both a novel and a silent film.