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'Hugo' is a 2011 American 3D Steampunk-historical adventure drama film directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's novel 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret', it is about a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s.The film is a co-production between Graham King's GK Films and Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil.The film was received with critical acclaim. However, it was financially unsuccessful, Hugo received eleven 11 Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture), more than any other film in 2011, and won 5 awards: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. It was also nominated for eight BAFTAs, winning two, and was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, earning Scorsese his third Golden Globe for Best Director.

Hugo is a young orphan who loves pottering around with the station clocks and whose most treasured possession is his late father's automaton. His mission is to find a key that will get it working.

*Soundtracks-
'Heroes' by Alesso- Forever (2015)
'Breath and Life' by Audiomachine- Chronicles (2012)

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