26 January 2019 Factual 39 mins
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.
Watch the official Life Overtakes Me 2019 trailer in HD below.
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)
Kristine Samuelson Director
John Haptas Director
John Haptas Producer
John Haptas Editor
Kristine Samuelson Editor
Kristine Samuelson Producer
Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff Executive Producer
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France 14 June 2019
Korea 14 June 2019
Poland 14 June 2019
Singapore 14 June 2019
Turkey 14 June 2019
United States 14 June 2019
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