Movie Description
Life Overtakes Me
(2019)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.
Featured Crew
Cast
Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
Herself - Immigration Attorney
Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
Himself - Author and Journalist
Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
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Facts
Original TitleLife Overtakes Me
Status Released
Release Information
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2019-01-26
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 39m
Production CompaniesCamera Stylo Films
Genres
- Documentary
