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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.
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John Haptas profile
John Haptas

Director

Kristine Samuelson profile
Kristine Samuelson

Director

Cast

Henry Ascher profile
Henry Ascher

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

Nadja Hatem profile
Nadja Hatem

Herself - Immigration Attorney

Mikael Billing profile
Mikael Billing

Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit

Karl Sallin profile
Karl Sallin

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

Elizabeth Hultcrantz profile
Elizabeth Hultcrantz

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

Gellert Tamas profile
Gellert Tamas

Himself - Author and Journalist

Anne-Liis von Knorring profile
Anne-Liis von Knorring

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

Henry Ascher profile
Henry Ascher

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

Nadja Hatem profile
Nadja Hatem

Herself - Immigration Attorney

Mikael Billing profile
Mikael Billing

Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit

Karl Sallin profile
Karl Sallin

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

Elizabeth Hultcrantz profile
Elizabeth Hultcrantz

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

Gellert Tamas profile
Gellert Tamas

Himself - Author and Journalist

Anne-Liis von Knorring profile
Anne-Liis von Knorring

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

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Release Date

January 26, 2019

Original Language

Ukrainian, Swedish, English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Camera Stylo Films logo

Available On

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Videos

Life Overtakes Me | Official Trailer | Netflix thumbnail
Life Overtakes Me | Official Trailer | Netflix

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