Tales of Swiss Innovation
Hugo
Martin Scorsese
United Kingdom, United States, France
2011, 126min
Fiction, Family
VO. English
ST. French
With
Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Lee
In presence of Sabine Süsstrunk.
All directors are children of Méliès, who proved that IMAGE was the anagram of MAGIE. Scorsese pays him a dazzling tribute with the story of an orphan who, at the Gare Montparnasse, saw the genius of the filmmaker in the features of an old toy dealer.
Hugo is an orphan. In 1930s Paris, he lives in the Gare Montparnasse, where he winds the huge clock and the aging Méliès, a brilliant and ruined filmmaker, sells toys. Through this meeting of two troubled lives, Scorsese pays tribute to the man who first took spectators to the moon... More than a film for toddlers, this is the work of a filmmaker who, at the height of his talent, retains his childlike wonderment for the 7th art.
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Direction
Martin Scorsese
Screenplay
Brian Selznick, John Logan
Image
Robert Richardson
Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker
Sound
Eugene Gearty
Music
Howard Shore
Production
Johnny Depp, Tim Headington, Graham King, Martin Scorsese, Paramount Pictures, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil, Janimation
With
Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jude Law, Christopher Lee
World sales
Paramount Pictures
