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Life Overtakes Me (2019)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 39M

Director : Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Henry Ascher
Henry Ascher
Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
Nadja Hatem
Nadja Hatem
Herself - Immigration Attorney
Mikael Billing
Mikael Billing
Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
Karl Sallin
Karl Sallin
Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
Elizabeth Hultcrantz
Elizabeth Hultcrantz
Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
Gellert Tamas
Gellert Tamas
Himself - Author and Journalist
Anne-Liis von Knorring
Anne-Liis von Knorring
Herself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)

Crews

Kristine Samuelson
Kristine Samuelson
Director
John Haptas
John Haptas
Director
John Haptas
John Haptas
Producer
John Haptas
John Haptas
Editor
Kristine Samuelson
Kristine Samuelson
Editor
Kristine Samuelson
Kristine Samuelson
Producer
Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff
Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff
Executive Producer
Bonni Cohen
Bonni Cohen
Executive Producer
Kristine Samuelson
Kristine Samuelson
Sound
John Haptas
John Haptas
Director of Photography
Peter Östlund
Peter Östlund
Drone Cinematographer
Pete Horner
Pete Horner
Sound Designer
Joel Raabe
Joel Raabe
Sound Editor
Ariane Wu
Ariane Wu
Executive Producer

Trailers and other movies

Life Overtakes Me | Official Trailer | Netflix

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