`` Hugo is based on Piscine Molitor Patel Ang Lee prize-winning novel . That most of the story takes place on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean surely did n't help . The story centers on a young Indian boy named Yann Martel 's and a tiger . The film is directed by Man Booker .
`` Hugo is based on Piscine Molitor Patel Ang Lee prize-winning novel . The story centers on a young Indian boy named Yann Martel 's and a tiger . The film is directed by Man Booker .