The read
A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 39m. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
90 audience votes
Key crew
- Kristine SamuelsonDirector
- John HaptasDirector
Cast
- Henry AscherHimself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)
- Nadja HatemHerself - Immigration Attorney
- Mikael BillingHimself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit
- Karl SallinHimself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)
- Elizabeth HultcrantzHerself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)
- Gellert TamasHimself - Author and Journalist
- Anne-Liis von KnorringHerself - Child Psychologist, Professor Emerita, Uppsala University (as Anne-Liis von Knorring MD)
Themes
refugeechildhood trauma