Movie, 2019
Life Overtakes Me
IMDb 6.5, 39 min, Documentary, Sweden
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
7 creditedHA
Henry Ascher
Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
NH
Nadja Hatem
Herself - Immigration Attorney
MB
Mikael Billing
Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
KS
Karl Sallin
Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
EH
Elizabeth Hultcrantz
Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
Gellert Tamas
Himself - Author and Journalist
Av
Anne-Liis von Knorring
Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
Trailers & teasers
1 clips
Details
DirectorKristine Samuelson, John Haptas
GenreDocumentary
Runtime39 min
ReleasedSat, Jan 26, 2019
CountrySweden
IMDBtt9204606
