During the movie he says he injured it in the war and it will never heal and then lady mentions she lost her brother at the battle of Verdun which was a slaughter house off french and German soldiers
"Hugo, without me, you'd be in the orphanage." "He'll lock you up in his little cell, and you'll never get out, you'll never go to school, you will never get married and have children of your own to take things that don't belong to them."
Ok that was just terrible. Why would anyone treat a frightened child like they were vermin? Chaining them up in the back of a truck like they were vicious animals?
after WW1 there were a great many family less orphans, that were left to very sad fates… and even when caught sometimes would suffer worse in some sadistic institutions.
@@charliemannion2718 You do realise movies for kids are allowed to include subtle adult jokes, and the topic wasn’t even that serious or taboo. Literally any children’s film will include an innuendo that will fly over the heads of children, I guarantee