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Life Overtakes Me
Life Overtakes Me

Life Overtakes Me

Documentary
January 26, 20190h 39m6.5 / 10
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.

Director
Kristine Samuelson
Kristine Samuelson
Production
Camera Stylo Films
Cast
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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)
Gellert Tamas
Gellert TamasHimself - Author and Journalist