Typiquement British -- largest ever festival of British films opens in Paris.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 September 2000-UK Government: Typiquement British -- largest ever festival of British films opens in Paris (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02102000 The British Film Institute (bfi), which preserves the largest collection of film prints in Europe, is providing the majority (60) of the prints for Typiquement British, a five-month festival of British cinema playing at the recently refurbished Centre Pompidou, Paris, from tonight, 3 October 2000, until 5 March 2001.

With more than 200 titles programmed in 13 strands, this is the most extensive season of British films, all with subtitles, ever shown in France. Presented jointly by the bfi and the British Council in Paris, Typiquement British begins with a tribute to four...