Life Overtakes Me
Life Overtakes Me
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Life Overtakes Me (2019)

TV-PG (US) | Sweden, USA | Swedish, Ukrainian, English | 39 min
Directed by: John Haptas, Kristine Samuelson
6.5
Documentary Short

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.

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Awards

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Oscar 2020

Best Documentary Short Subject

Nominated

Cast & Crew

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Henry Ascher

Henry Ascher

Self - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg

Nadja Hatem

Nadja Hatem

Self - Immigration Attorney

Mikael Billing

Mikael Billing

Self - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit

Karl Sallin

Karl Sallin

Self - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University

Elizabeth Hultcrantz

Elizabeth Hultcrantz

Self - Professor Emerita, Linköping University

Gellert Tamas

Gellert Tamas

Self - Author and Journalist

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Life Overtakes Me | Official Trailer | Netflix
Life Overtakes Me | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Release Date

USA
(Sundance Film Festival)
2019-01-26
USA
(Full Frame Film Festival)
2019-04-07
USA
(Chicago Critics Film Festival)
2019-05-19
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Life Overtakes Me
(Original title)
La vida me supera
Argentina
A Vida em Mim
Brazil
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Unrated
Violence & Gore
Unrated
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Unrated
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Unrated

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