IMDb
6.5 /10
2k votes


Documentary · 2019 · 39 min
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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IMDb
6.5 /10
2k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100 /100
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TMDB
6.5 /10
88 votes
Letterboxd
6.6 /10
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Weighted average
7.4/10