Documentary · Sweden · 2019 · 39m

Life Overtakes Me

Director

Cast

Henry Ascher as Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD) Nadja Hatem as Herself - Immigration Attorney Mikael Billing as Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit Karl Sallin as Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD) Elizabeth Hultcrantz as Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD) Gellert Tamas as Himself - Author and Journalist

Crew

John Haptas — Director of Photography John Haptas — Editor Kristine Samuelson — Editor John Haptas — Producer Kristine Samuelson — Producer

Synopsis

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

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

refugee childhood trauma

Key Collaborators

Kristine Samuelson Director John Haptas Director John Haptas Director of Photography John Haptas Editor Kristine Samuelson Editor John Haptas Producer Kristine Samuelson Producer

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