Life Overtakes Me (2019)

Directed by

John Haptas, Kristine Samuelson

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden, United States

Runtime

40 min

Rated

12세 이상 관람가

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary focuses on refugee children in Sweden who develop resignation syndrome, a trauma-induced comatose state. It shows the children withdrawn and their families struggling to cope.

somberintimateobservationalslow-paceddisturbingempathicquiettragic

What happens

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, apparently because of traumatic experiences they had. The film was released on Netflix on June 14, 2019. As of March 2025, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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