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Life Overtakes Me

2019 · John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson · 40m 11s

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.
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