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Life Overtakes Me
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.
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Life Overtakes Me
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 26, 2019
Runtime
0h 39m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
64%
Original Title
Life Overtakes Me
Production Companies
Camera Stylo Films
Director
John Haptas
Description
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.
Cast
Henry Ascher
Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
Nadja Hatem
Herself - Immigration Attorney
Mikael Billing
Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
Karl Sallin
Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
Elizabeth Hultcrantz
Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
![Gellert Tamas](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oCc9YqBugTUmn7ecl6ReWrbkwVW.jpg)
Gellert Tamas
Himself - Author and Journalist
Crew
Trailer
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