Chapter 1: Midnight in the Paris Museum
Hugo Cabret, a young orphan, secretly lives and works in the walls of the Paris Clock Museum. He is responsible for winding the clock's 12,000 pieces, a task passed down from his late father. One night, he discovers a hidden notebook and a mechanical man that his father was working on before his death.
Chapter 2: The Old Toymaker
Hugo seeks help from Monsieur Georges, the eccentric toymaker who lives on the museum's ground floor. Georges recognizes the notebook as his own, lost years ago. He tells Hugo that the mechanical man can be completed, setting Hugo on a mission to find the missing parts.
Chapter 3: The Mysterious Girl
Isabelle, a book thief, steals a key from Georges that she believes will open a secret compartment in a library book. Hugo follows her, hoping to learn more about the mechanical man. Together, they befriend Monsieur Labisse, a retired filmmaker who knows Isabelle's late father.
Chapter 4: The Imprisonment
Hugo is caught by the museum's clock keeper, Inspector Clouseau, and imprisoned in the museum's basement. He uses the mechanical man to escape, revealing his true identity to Georges and Isabelle.
Chapter 5: The Library Riddle
Georges and Hugo team up with Isabelle to decipher the book's riddle, which leads them to a hidden book within the library. The book contains the missing code to complete the mechanical man.
Chapter 6: The Enigmatic Note
Georges discovers a note in the book written by Hugo's late father, revealing that he was a filmmaker named Rene Tabard. Georges and Hugo realize that the mechanical man is a representation of Tabard's life and death.
Chapter 7: The Unveiling
Hugo, Isabelle, and Georges complete the mechanical man and present it to an audience at Georges' toy shop. The man comes to life and projects a film of Tabard's life, revealing his tragic accident on the set of a movie.
Chapter 8: The Reunion
The film ends with Tabard dedicating the movie to his orphan son, Hugo. The audience realizes that Hugo is Tabard's son, and he is reunited with Georges, who becomes his guardian.
Chapter 9: The Clock's Secret
Hugo discovers a secret within the clock that connects it to a hidden film reel. He projects the film to reveal Tabard's final message, a tribute to his son and the power of imagination.
Chapter 10: The Future
Hugo, Isabelle, and Georges leave the museum, carrying the completed mechanical man. They embark on a new chapter in their lives, inspired by Tabard's legacy and the magical potential of stories.
