The first part of Abel Gance's "Napoleon" will be screened in May at the Cannes Film Festival. The historic film, screened for the first time in 1927, by the great pioneer of the 7th art, will open the Cannes selection dedicated to heritage cinema.
A century after its filming, it is the first of two parts of the film, lasting some 3 hours and 40 minutes out of the complete work. After Cannes, the film must be screened as an exceptional symphonic film concert, with 250 musicians from Radio France, at the Seine Musicale in Paris on July 4 and 5, as well as at the Radio France festival in Montpellier, then at the Cinémathèque française and in summer festivals. It will later be released in French theaters and will be broadcast on France Télévisions and on Netflix. The restoration budget is estimated between 2 and 2.5 million euros. The film is carried by an epic breath, full of visual and narrative innovations (including a famous triptych ending, on three screens simultaneously).