Life Overtakes Me (2019)

In the grip of trauma, hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw from life's uncertainties into a coma-like illness called Resignation Syndrome.

Directors:

John Haptas, Kristine Samuelson

Stars:

Henry Ascher, Nadja Hatem, Mikael Billing

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

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

Storyline

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.

---

Plot Keywords:

netflix original | netflix | refugees | resignation syndrome | sick children | 

---

Genres:

Documentary | Short

---

Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Oscars (2020)

User Reviews

Interesting but bad executed

While the issue is tragic and potentially extremely interesting, the documentary is quite lame. Basically almost its 40 minutes is silent footage of sleeping children and the backstory of the families is badly explained, the interviewer imho didn't do a very good job. The medical side of the question is left unexplored, just as the cultural one.

Details

Official Sites:

official site

Country:

Sweden USA

Language:

Swedish Ukrainian English

Release Date:

14 June 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Life Overtakes Me

Filming Locations:

Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stylo Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

39 min

Color:

Color