Life Overtakes Me (2019)
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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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)Keywords
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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinityShort · Refugee · Childhood TraumaPacingShortDirector preference254473 · 79987Actor preference254466 · 254467 · 254468Country preferenceSe
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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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Life Overtakes Me has a runtime of 39 minutes.
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