Alone except for an uncle and orphaned, Hugo Cabret lives from a train station in 1930s Paris' walls. Hugo's job is always to petroleum and take care of the clocks of the station, but to him his important task would be to safeguard notebook and a busted automaton left by his dad. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy seller, Hugo embarks on a quest locate a place and to resolve the mystery of the automaton.