Life Overtakes Me

Name: Life Overtakes Me
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-01-26
Duration: 39 min

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.

DirectorKristine SamuelsonDirectorJohn HaptasCinematographyJohn HaptasStudioCamera Stylo Films

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
HHenry AscherHimself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)	Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
NNadja HatemHerself - Immigration Attorney	Herself - Immigration Attorney
MMikael BillingHimself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit	Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
KKarl SallinHimself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)	Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
EElizabeth HultcrantzHerself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)	Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
Gellert TamasHimself - Author and Journalist	Himself - Author and Journalist
AAnne-Liis von KnorringHerself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)	Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)