Asa Butterfield is young Hugo, an orphan living secretly in a big train station in 1930s Paris. When he encounters a broken robot-like machine, an eccentric girl, and a reserved old man who runs the toyshop, he is thrown into a magical, mysterious adventure that could put his clandestine life in jeopardy – or lead to something better. The all-star cast includes Ben Kingsley, Jude Law and Sacha Baron Cohen as the comedic station inspector.