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Switzerland (German: die Schweiz[ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis(ə)]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvit͡sːɛra]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), in its full name the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zurich and Geneva.
The Swiss Confederation has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. It pursues, however, an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. Switzerland is also the birthplace of the Red Cross and home to a large number of international organizations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association and is part of the Schengen Area – although it is notably not a member of the European Union, nor the European Economic Area.
The Swiss (German: die Schweizer, French: les Suisses, Italian: gli Svizzeri, Romansh: ils Svizzers) are citizens or natives of Switzerland. The demonym derives from the toponym of Schwyz and has been in widespread use to refer to the Old Swiss Confederacy since the 16th century.
Although the Swiss Confederation, the modern state of Switzerland, originated in 1848, the period of romantic nationalism, it is not a nation-state, and the Swiss are not usually considered to form a single ethnic group, but a confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft) or Willensnation ("nation of will", "nation by choice", that is, a consociational state), a term coined in conscious contrast to "nation" in the conventionally linguistic or ethnic sense of the term.
The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 6.76 million in 2009, 90% of them living in Switzerland. About 60% of those living abroad reside in the European Union (423,300); the largest overseas expatriate community is in Argentina (150,000).
Actors: Damion Lee (actor), Bridget Fitzgerald (actress), George Morafetis (actor), Johnathan Fernandez (actor), Jeff Kim (actor), John Kingman (editor), Gio March (actor), John Kingman (producer), Betty Kaplan (actress), Wilma Cespedes Rivera (actress), Jim Santangeli (actor), Andy Rocco (actor), Ray Munoz (actor), Guy Patton (writer), Guy Patton (producer),
Plot: Consumed by a horrific event in her past, a woman is driven to violent retribution, and soon discovers that there can be no getting even. Her only ally: a meth-making genius who manipulates her for his own ends while she wages a vigilante campaign against a powerful drug lord and his thug army. A detective, investigating a series of grisly homicides, begins to uncover the truth about her, and the role he himself played in her origins. But can he find her in time to stop the killing, and to save her from herself?
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Alan Schulte (writer), Alan Schulte (actor), Alan Schulte (director), Alan Schulte (editor), Alan Schulte (writer), Meghann Artes (producer), Kimberly Role (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Short, Thriller,Actors: Ashlie Rhey (actress), Jed Rowen (actor), Mark Pirro (writer), Mark Pirro (editor), Mark Pirro (producer), Mark Pirro (director), Paul Bunnell (actor), John McCafferty (actor), David Anthony Hernandez (actor), Dennis Kinard (actor), Bill Devlin (actor), Damon Evans (actor), Tony Cicchetti (actor), Scott MacLachlan (actor), Lauren Baldwin (actress),
Plot: The God Complex is a comedy re-telling of the silliest stories in the Bible, and with a touch of logic, made just a bit sillier. All your favorite characters are there; God, God's girlfriend Barb, Gay Joseph, Virgin Mary, Virgin Mary's Gynecologist, Noah and his wife Yessah, their sons Ham, Swiss and Rye, Adam and Eve and Pete, Moses, the tested and tormented Job, and of course - Jesus. The film covers the world from "in the beginning" to today, where God and Jesus walk among us disguised as a mild mannered employees for a great metropolitan toy manufacturer. The God Complex was featured at the 2010 Burbank International Film Festival and the 2011 International Freethought Film Festival, and is the official rejection of 10 other prestigious film festivals.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Crystal Burdette (director), Crystal Burdette (producer), Crystal Burdette (editor), Crystal Burdette (writer), Jah Shams (actor), Omar Mosley (producer), Omar Mosley (actor), Tyrell Ellis (producer), Tyrell Ellis (writer), Tyrell Ellis (actor), Tom Griggs Sr. (actor), Tom Griggs Sr. (producer), Taetta Chip (actor), Cinderella Graham (actress), Rhonda Simmons (actress),
Plot: Twins Gary and Cary are set on being big time rappas...only problem is they don't have any talent! Desperate for big bucks and fame they are suckered into signing a bogus 30 album deal with Twitch Records. Now their only way out of the deal is $100,000 or pull off the biggest heist anyone has ever seen. With crazy friends and dumb luck on their side, there just might be fame and fortune in the twins' future after all.
Keywords: hip-hop, rapper, urbanActors: Cindy Robinson (miscellaneous crew), Lex Lang (miscellaneous crew), Christian Campbell (actor), Joe Cappelletti (miscellaneous crew), Alice Krige (actress), Andrew Wheeler (actor), Melissa George (actress), Oded Fehr (actor), Oded Fehr (actor), Jedrzej Kowalski (miscellaneous crew), Phillip Mitchell (actor), Nancy Eagles (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Booth (editor), Ken Tremblett (actor), Deborah Lurie (composer),
Plot: After a car crash, Jamie, 30, comes to, locked in a room at a factory. Her son, a diabetic, is missing. A man wearing a ski mask comes into the room and tells her that she must help him find her husband who has stolen millions from his boss. He says her husband is a killer and a drug trafficker. Jamie is certain it's a mistake. Her captor insists she help him or lose her son. He brings her audio tapes made in their apartment demanding she figure out how her husband was communicating with an accomplice. She has only 12 hours before she and her son will die. Can she force herself to believe that she has been betrayed - and then what? There's no way out, yet she resolves to save her son.
Keywords: attempted-rape, bank-account, betrayal-of-husband, betrayal-of-trust, blood-spatter, bruise, child-in-peril, cigarette-smoking, computer-major, crateActors: WBBrown II (actor), Bruce Odams (producer), Bruce Odams (producer), Bruce Odams (director), Bruce Odams (editor), Bruce Odams (actor), Wanda Montgomery (producer), Wanda Montgomery (director), Kiana Brown (actress), James Tanner (director), Alicia Swanson (actress), James Tanner (producer), Ray Allen (actor), James Tanner (writer), Maresha Wood (actress),
Plot: Antonio is an upcoming movie producer who is trying to get his big break in the business by throwing parties. Antonio thinks if he throws enough successful parties, he will be able to get his start as a well known producer. Antonio finds himself in a jam, how are you going to throw a party with no cash? Well the drama starts and Antonio finds out who his friends really are. Between Antonio's roommates, one being an upcoming model and the other being a recording artist you think they would be enthusiastic to help their friend, think again. Antonio now has to turn to the wrong friends, and those friends you want to stay away from.
Genres: Action, Drama, Music,Actors: Wolfgang Völz (actor), Harald Juhnke (actor), Annekathrin Bürger (actress), Brigitte Mira (actress), Lisa Martinek (actress), Hartmut Griesmayr (director), Rolf Becker (actor), Hans-Peter Korff (actor), Udo Samel (actor), Lutz Mackensy (actor), Reiner Heise (actor), Veit Stübner (actor), Krystian Martinek (writer), Krystian Martinek (actor), Monika Abspacher (editor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Jack Elliott (composer), Linda Purl (actress), Sam Malkin (actor), Robert Halmi Jr. (producer), Wendy Crewson (actress), Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Rachel Ticotin (actress), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Harry Anderson (actor), Louis Di Bianco (actor), Vince Nyuli (miscellaneous crew), James Frawley (director), Hrant Alianak (actor), Jefferson Mappin (actor), Paul Coeur (actor),
Plot: In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. But before "Freddie" can finger the real hired-gun-a cold-hearted killer with a penchant for using kitchen tools to do the deed-he, Alan, and Beverly must first rule out some strange and unusual suspects!
Keywords: comma-in-title, punctuation-in-title, rhyme-in-title, spyActors: Jean-Luc Bideau (actor), Claude Melki (actor), László Szabó (actor), Anouk Ferjac (actress), Louis Duchesne (producer), Jacques Higelin (actor), Frank Cassenti (director), Areski Belkacem (actor),
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