About the film
Life Overtakes Me
2019739 min
Documentary
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.
Directors
Kristine SamuelsonJohn Haptas
Actors
Henry AscherHimself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)Nadja HatemHerself - Immigration AttorneyMikael BillingHimself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric UnitKarl SallinHimself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)Elizabeth HultcrantzHerself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
Gellert TamasHimself - Author and JournalistAnne-Liis von KnorringHerself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
Gellert TamasHimself - Author and JournalistAnne-Liis von KnorringHerself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)Released
Jan 26, 2019
Countries
Sweden, United States of America
Production
Camera Stylo Films
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