Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

1919 metai... Karas baigėsi, dabar naktinis Paryžiaus gyvenimas kupinas aistros ir nekontroliuojamų norų. "Rotonda" kavinėje, menininkų būstinėje, mes galime surasti staliuką, kuris neturi lygių visoje istorijoje: už jo sėdi Pikaso, Rivera, Kokto, Sutinas, Urtilo ir Modiglianis. Tai dar nepasakota istorija apie nuožmią konkurenciją tarp Modilianio ir Pikaso. Dviejų žmonių pavydą kursto jų talentas, jų puikybė, jų aistros. Be to, tai istorija apie didžiausią nelaimingą meilę meno istorijoje.

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

Ever since she broke up with Nigel, Lena soldiers on through life as best she can with her two kids. She valiantly overcomes the obstacles put in her way. But she has yet to confront the worst of them: Her unstoppable family has decided, by any means necessary, to make her happy.