![]() ![]() The plot revolves around a mysterious, but broken automaton that Hugo’s father had discovered while working at a Paris museum. Hugo lives secretly in order to avoid being sent to an orphanage. ![]() His father was an horologist–one who studies or is proficient at the art of measuring time–and Hugo has inherited this love and skill from his late father. The Invention of Hugo Cabret takes place in Paris, and features an orphaned boy (Hugo) who lives secretly in a Paris train station while caring for the station’s clocks. ![]() My eldest daughter and her husband are studying there for the year, so this is a perfect opportunity to take a Parisian field trip and explore this very special part of the world! So besides studying French, Chopin, the Impressionists, reading Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and researching and writing on the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral, it is our great luck that such a fine film based upon the Caldecott Medal winner of 2008 has appeared now as well! My daughter Katie and I have completely immersed ourselves in all things French this year, as we are spending some extended time in Paris this spring. It isn’t too often that I enjoy a children’s movie so much that I am inspired to post on it, but one of the latest children’s book/movie combinations– The Invention of Hugo Cabret, (featured in the film Hugo ) is worth devoting some time to. ![]()
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