Life Overtakes Me

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Henry Ascher

Henry AscherHimself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)

Nadja Hatem

Nadja HatemHerself - Immigration Attorney

Mikael Billing

Mikael BillingHimself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit

Karl Sallin

Karl SallinHimself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)

Elizabeth Hultcrantz

Elizabeth HultcrantzHerself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)

Gellert TamasHimself - Author and Journalist

Anne-Liis von Knorring

Anne-Liis von KnorringHerself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)