Having been teased for a long time, the short film The House of Gaunt is the unofficial movie of the most anticipated Harry Potter universe. The film will explore the past of Dark Lord Voldemort from the time of his parents until he grew up and began to expand his power. The film was released on September 15, received a lot of positive feedback about the quality.
With a fan-contributed budget of only about 62,000 euros. The House of Gaunt is overwhelmingly good in terms of the visuals and effects. The scenes of magic duels are extremely well done, not much different from the official movie in the franchise. Director Joris Faucon Grimaud made this film for four years, with 80 volunteers involved in the technical and acting stages. His explores the lore behind Voldemort's origin and Gaunt family (on the mother's side) was adapted by the director quite closely to the book authored by J.K. Rowling.
House Gaunt carries the blood of Salazar Slytherin, so they can speak snake language. The film begins when Ogden - Head of Magical Operations at the Ministry of Magic arrives at the Gaunt house to invite his son Morfin to stand trial for attacking Muggles. Mr. Ogden was attacked, causing the father and son Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt to be imprisoned in Azkaban.
In the Gaunt family, there is one more person - Merope Gaunt - a daughter with weak magical abilities and always being abused by her father and brother. By the age of 18, Merope was more dilapidated than ever. However, she fell in love with a muggle boy named Tom Riddle. After her father and brother were locked up, Merope let Tom Riddle drink the Love Potion. The potion took effect, and Tom Riddle and Merope walked away together to the astonishment of everyone. No one believes that the son of a landowner falls in love with the daughter of a madman.
Under the influence of the Love Potion, Merope became pregnant. However, later on, not satisfied with the false love, she decided to stop giving her husband the potion, believing that Tom Riddle was really in love with her. However, Tom Riddle later chose to leave, leaving Merope to live alone. She loathed her life, determined never to use magic again. On new year's eve, Merope went to an orphanage and gave birth to a baby boy, naming him Tom Marvolo Riddle, aka, Lord Voldemort. Merope then died, refusing to use magic to save herself and despite her young child in need of help.
The film adheres to the above details, but stops at the moment Merope gives Tom Riddle a Love Potion. Then, the work turns to 30 years after the young Tom Marvolo Riddle is on the search for immortality, becoming Voldemort. It was not until the end of the film that the male lead of The House of Gaunt appeared. Actor/model Maxence Danet-Fauvel was selected from 300 candidates. Right from the first scene of the film, his amazing appearance has made many audiences instantly fall in love.
The remarkable great point for this film is the extensive and thorough investment in the content and effects. The scenes in the film appear very neat, and the effects do not feel "cheap" even though the film's budget is very low. However, the fact that the film is too short in length also means that the details are not expressed deeply and thoroughly. The House of Gant is available for free on the director's website (jorisfaucongrimaud.com/thog) with English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and Korean subtitles.
With a fan-contributed budget of only about 62,000 euros. The House of Gaunt is overwhelmingly good in terms of the visuals and effects. The scenes of magic duels are extremely well done, not much different from the official movie in the franchise. Director Joris Faucon Grimaud made this film for four years, with 80 volunteers involved in the technical and acting stages. His explores the lore behind Voldemort's origin and Gaunt family (on the mother's side) was adapted by the director quite closely to the book authored by J.K. Rowling.
House Gaunt carries the blood of Salazar Slytherin, so they can speak snake language. The film begins when Ogden - Head of Magical Operations at the Ministry of Magic arrives at the Gaunt house to invite his son Morfin to stand trial for attacking Muggles. Mr. Ogden was attacked, causing the father and son Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt to be imprisoned in Azkaban.
In the Gaunt family, there is one more person - Merope Gaunt - a daughter with weak magical abilities and always being abused by her father and brother. By the age of 18, Merope was more dilapidated than ever. However, she fell in love with a muggle boy named Tom Riddle. After her father and brother were locked up, Merope let Tom Riddle drink the Love Potion. The potion took effect, and Tom Riddle and Merope walked away together to the astonishment of everyone. No one believes that the son of a landowner falls in love with the daughter of a madman.
Under the influence of the Love Potion, Merope became pregnant. However, later on, not satisfied with the false love, she decided to stop giving her husband the potion, believing that Tom Riddle was really in love with her. However, Tom Riddle later chose to leave, leaving Merope to live alone. She loathed her life, determined never to use magic again. On new year's eve, Merope went to an orphanage and gave birth to a baby boy, naming him Tom Marvolo Riddle, aka, Lord Voldemort. Merope then died, refusing to use magic to save herself and despite her young child in need of help.
The film adheres to the above details, but stops at the moment Merope gives Tom Riddle a Love Potion. Then, the work turns to 30 years after the young Tom Marvolo Riddle is on the search for immortality, becoming Voldemort. It was not until the end of the film that the male lead of The House of Gaunt appeared. Actor/model Maxence Danet-Fauvel was selected from 300 candidates. Right from the first scene of the film, his amazing appearance has made many audiences instantly fall in love.
The remarkable great point for this film is the extensive and thorough investment in the content and effects. The scenes in the film appear very neat, and the effects do not feel "cheap" even though the film's budget is very low. However, the fact that the film is too short in length also means that the details are not expressed deeply and thoroughly. The House of Gant is available for free on the director's website (jorisfaucongrimaud.com/thog) with English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and Korean subtitles.