Life Overtakes Me (2019)
Life Overtakes Me (2019)
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
Subs
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Henry Ascher
Self - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg
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
Elizabeth Hultcrantz
Self - Professor Emerita, Linköping University
Gellert Tamas
Self - Author and Journalist
Anne-Liis von Knorring
Self - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University
John Haptas
Director
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Life Overtakes Me (Swedish: De apatiska barnen; English: The Apathetic Children) is a 2019 Swedish-American documentary film directed by Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas. The film shows how hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw into a coma-like illness called resignation syndrome because of the uncertainties of their legal status.The film was released on Netflix on June 14, 2019. As of October 2021, 100% of the five critical reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10.The film was nominated for an Oscar for best short-subject documentary, for the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.