Life Overtakes Me (2019)

  • NR
  • 01/26/2019 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 39m

Overview

Hundreds of refugee children in Sweden, who have fled with their families from extreme trauma, have become afflicted with 'uppgivenhetssyndrom,' or Resignation Syndrome. Facing deportation, they withdraw from the world into a coma-like state, as if frozen, for months, or even years.

Kristine Samuelson

Director

John Haptas

Director

Cast

Henry Ascher's headshot

Henry Ascher

Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
Nadja Hatem's headshot

Nadja Hatem

Herself - Immigration Attorney
Mikael Billing's headshot

Mikael Billing

Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
Karl Sallin's headshot

Karl Sallin

Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
Elizabeth Hultcrantz's headshot

Elizabeth Hultcrantz

Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
Gellert Tamas's headshot

Gellert Tamas

Himself - Author and Journalist
Anne-Liis von Knorring's headshot

Anne-Liis von Knorring

Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)

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