Life Overtakes Me

Life Overtakes Me (2019)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2019-01-26
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 73 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 39min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Camera Stylo Films
  • Production Country: Sweden, United States of America
  • Directors: John Haptas, Kristine Samuelson.
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Summary

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 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
  • Anne-Liis von Knorring

    as Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
Directing John Haptas Director
Directing Kristine Samuelson Director
Sound Kristine Samuelson Sound
Sound Pete Horner Sound Designer
Camera John Haptas Director of Photography
Editing John Haptas Editor
Editing Kristine Samuelson Editor
Camera Peter Östlund Drone Cinematographer
Sound Joel Raabe Sound Editor
Production Bonni Cohen Executive Producer
Production John Haptas Producer
Production Kristine Samuelson Producer
Production Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff Executive Producer
Production Ariane Wu Executive Producer

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