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Life Overtakes Me

2019, 39min
Documentary
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.
Country: Sweden, United States
Cast:
Gellert Tamas,
Henry Ascher,
Anne-Liis von Knorring,
Nadja Hatem
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John Haptas
Director
Gellert Tamas
As Himself - Author and Journalist
Henry Ascher
As Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
Anne-Liis von Knorring
As Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
Nadja Hatem
As Herself - Immigration Attorney
Karl Sallin
As Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)

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Life Overtakes Me is a documentary that explores the mysterious Resignation Syndrome, a condition that causes hundreds of refugee children in Sweden to withdraw from life's uncertainties into a coma-like state. Despite the efforts of doctors and scientists to understand this phenomenon, its causes and consequences remain unclear. Through the stories of these children and their families, this film delves into the depths of human resilience and the impact of trauma on young minds.

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