Life Overtakes Me (2019)
39m 6.0/10 IMDb
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.
Director: Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas
Cast: Henry Ascher, Nadja Hatem, Mikael Billing, Karl Sallin, Elizabeth Hultcrantz
Content Warnings
Violence & Physical Harm
Child abuse / harm to children (referenced)
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