Life Overtakes Me (2019)
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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Cast
- Henry Ascher — Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
- Nadja Hatem — Herself - Immigration Attorney
- Mikael Billing — Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
- Karl Sallin — Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
- Elizabeth Hultcrantz — Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
- Gellert Tamas — Himself - Author and Journalist
- Anne-Liis von Knorring — Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
Where to watch Life Overtakes Me
Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
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