When he realises that the sound is coming from near his chest, he pulls up his shirt and is horrified to discover that overnight, his torso has been filled with uncovered hydraulics which seem to be what keeps Hugo alive. After noticing that a pocket watch hanging from the rafters of his home is missing, Hugo can still hear an ominous ticking emanating from near him. Hugo wakes up to discover that the harrowing events were just a nightmare. As he drops onto the track to retrieve it, he is suddenly hit by and killed by an uncontrollable train that eventually smashes through the walls of the station. The next day, Hugo discovers that the key has somehow found its way onto the railway tracks in the station. Excited at the chance to meet him, René agrees to meet Isabelle and Hugo at Georges' home to show his copy of A Trip to the Moon, hoping it will invigorate Georges. They meet the book's author, René Tabard, a film expert who is surprised to hear that Méliès might still be alive, as he had disappeared after World War I along with nearly all copies of his films. Hugo and Isabelle go to the Film Academy Library and find a book about the history of cinema that praises Méliès' contributions. She sneaks Hugo into her home, where they find a hidden cache of more imaginative drawings of Méliès, but are caught by Georges, who banishes Hugo from his home. Isabelle identifies the signature, that of a " Georges Méliès", as her godfather. When started, the machine draws out a scene that Hugo recognizes from his father's description of the film A Trip to the Moon. As their friendship grows, he shows her the automaton, and is astonished when Isabelle inadvertently reveals she wears the key as a necklace given to her by Georges. Hugo learns Georges has forbidden Isabelle from going to the cinema, and introduces the medium to her as his father had done for him. Hugo encounters Georges' goddaughter Isabelle Méliès, who offers to help get the notebook back. Hugo is caught when stealing from the toy store owner Georges Méliès, who looks through his father's notebook and threatens to destroy it. Hugo attempts to repair the automaton with stolen parts, believing it contains a message from his father, but the machine still requires a heart-shaped key that his father could not find. When Claude goes missing for several days, Hugo continues to maintain the clocks, fearing that he would be sent away as an orphan by the vindictive Station Inspector Gustave Dasté if Claude's absence is discovered. When his father is killed by a fire at the museum, Hugo is forced to live with his resentful, alcoholic uncle Claude Cabret, and made to learn how to maintain the clocks at the railway station of Gare Montparnasse. He and Hugo try to repair it, with Hugo's father documenting the automaton in a notebook. One day, his father finds a broken automaton - a mechanical man designed to write with a pen - at the museum. In 1931, 12-year-old Hugo Cabret lives in Paris with his father, a kind, widowed clockmaker who also works part-time at a museum. 5 Differences between the book and the film.
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