Life Overtakes Me

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.

Trailer

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Cast and crew

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

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  Nadja HatemHerself - Immigration Attorney

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  Mikael BillingHimself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit

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

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

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  Gellert TamasHimself - Author and Journalist

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

Director

Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas

Cinematography

John Haptas