Life Overtakes Me
2019 · short film · 39 min · ★ 6.5
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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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-01-26
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 39 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (88 votes)
Themes
- refugee
- childhood trauma
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 2020 · nominated
Cast & crew
- HA
Henry Ascher
as Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
- NH
Nadja Hatem
as Herself - Immigration Attorney
- MB
Mikael Billing
as Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
- KS
Karl Sallin
as Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
- EH
Elizabeth Hultcrantz
as Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
Gellert Tamas
as Himself - Author and Journalist
- AK
Anne-Liis von Knorring
as Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
Directed by Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas