Life Overtakes Me

Life Overtakes Me

2019
39m
6.5

6.5/10

88 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Camera Stylo Films
Production Countries
Sweden United States of America
Spoken Languages
Ukrainian Swedish English

Keywords

refugee childhood trauma

Quick Facts

Release Date January 26, 2019
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt9204606

Cast

Henry Ascher
Henry Ascher

Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)

Nadja Hatem
Nadja Hatem

Herself - Immigration Attorney

Mikael Billing
Mikael Billing

Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit

Karl Sallin
Karl Sallin

Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)

Elizabeth Hultcrantz
Elizabeth Hultcrantz

Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)

Gellert Tamas
Gellert Tamas

Himself - Author and Journalist

Anne-Liis von Knorring
Anne-Liis von Knorring

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

Key Crew

Kristine Samuelson
Director
John Haptas
Director
Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff
Executive Producer
Bonni Cohen
Executive Producer
Kristine Samuelson
Producer
John Haptas
Producer
Ariane Wu
Executive Producer