The Swissminiatur leisure park in Melide, canton Ticino. As Switzerland struggles with its identity, the nation's mythical neutrality is put into question.

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In En Terrain Neutre (Neutral Ground), Stéphane Göel and Mehdi Atmani take aim at a pillar of Swiss society, with a comic road-movie documentary that questions the country’s prized neutrality as voters consider enshrining it in the Constitution.

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May 19, 2026 - 09:00