Cannes reclaims Napoleon for France with ‘rebirth’ of Abel Gance epic
                        
                                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    The 77th Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday with a historic screening of Abel Gance’s restored 1927 masterpiece “Napoleon”, months after French critics heaped scorn on Ridley Scott’s “Anglo-Saxon” take on the French emperor.                                
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            The 77th Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday with a historic screening of Abel Gance’s restored 1927 masterpiece “Napoleon”, months after French critics heaped scorn on Ridley Scott’s “Anglo-Saxon” take on the French emperor.