This is honestly the weirdest documentary (my least favorite) out of the nominees. The camera brings the audience to see the extremely beautiful natural scenes but I wasn’t very emotionally affected. To me, the film emphasizes more on the mysterious part, rather than showing the hardships that the family encountered so far. The re-enactments romanticizes the refugee families’ urgent living crisis. Speaking of crisis, this documentary goes on with a relatively slow pace, which in retrospect is very annoying— it’s as if the filmmakers were trying to stay objective by not showing their confusion, questions, and soft moments. The juxtaposition of the unexplored land with angel-like children in coma seem to echo to the general mysterious feelings. However, it inevitably to some degree holds back the viewers’ empathy for those refugee families.
I didn’t gain much understanding of how refugees’ life was like nor did the film ever zoomed in on the tension on refugee issues in Sweden. It’s not a very informative documentary compared to In the Absence. I know the challenge here is that this is still an enigma waiting to be solved, but the filmmakers should know beforehand that the irresolution will almost always lead to viewers’ dissatisfaction.
There isn’t any interview footage of the medical expertise, but I think this is an interesting choice. The lack of scientific evidence works out well with the overall tone, prepared by the scenes of intact forests and rivers. Besides, why should I continue to buy this false credibility created by interview footages?
After viewing, I’m left into this paradoxical feeling— should I believe the families based on this documentary that seemingly lacks of medical credibility? But if the disease is not true, is it ethical that I care less about their cases and living situations?
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n总的来说这是个独属于瑞典的难民病。很多家庭的孩子一旦得知自己不能获得庇护，立刻陷入了昏迷，直到拿到绿卡才会悠悠转醒（瑞典法律会为这样的家庭网开一面）。n听起来很像装的是吧？
n瑞典人也是这么想的，他们派了最牛逼的医生去检查这些孩子，结果发现了很让人惊讶的事情。
n这部纪录片开头就有类似的检查。
n首先，他们测试了孩子的意识等级，比方说把冰袋放到孩子身上测量血压，如果孩子的意识较为活跃，血压会无法自控的升高。
n但他们发现这些孩子确实是逐步陷入昏睡之中，刚开始昏迷的时候血压还有变化，后来就没啥波动了——这一般出现在长期植物人身上。
n当然，镇定类药物也有类似效果，谁知道不是父母使坏呢？
n但是我看过另一篇研究有验血的部分，孩子除了营养不良（毕竟真的鼻饲管没有偷着醒来吃饭）外，没啥特殊的地方。
n这就很尴尬了，孩子不是装病。
n但既然不是装病，就无法解释为什么家庭获得绿卡后孩子几乎都逐一醒来。nn卡罗林斯卡大学附属医院的一位儿科专家表示，在瑞典之外的国家还未发现有类似病症出现。有报道指出，这些孩子病发多是在当他们得知自己的家庭被政府通知不获庇护、面对驱逐出境时，发病后他们便陷入长达几个月甚至几年的昏睡。所幸瑞典的政策使得重病的孩子能够获得庇护，家庭也得以通过庇护申请，获得庇护后昏迷的孩子就会醒来。nn注意，每个获得庇护的孩子都转醒了。
n我个人推测是这样的：点还是要落在瑞典这个国家上。n实际上一国独有的疾病并不少见，比如韩国的火病。火病看起来是上火的升级版本。nn火病（朝鲜语：화병）是朝鲜民族特有的文化遗存综合症（culture-bound syndrome），是一种精神疾病。这种疾病源自朝鲜民族以恨（한）为基础的民族文化情绪，患者因在生活中遭遇苦恼却无处发泄愤怒而出现精神疾病，在社会阶层较低的更年期女性中尤为常见。表现出的症状为，胸闷及身体疲乏，失眠和神经性厌食症，性机能障碍症并发之可能性也很大。nn这个东西究其原因，是因为东亚所特有的耻感文化。人们不能说自己脆弱，胆小，懦弱而渴求帮助——但如果生病了就没问题了，生病的人理应不受责难的得到照顾和休息。
n安慰剂效应告诉我们，一旦你足够想生病，你就会生病。而火病围绕着神经症（失眠）和抑郁症（胸口堵和疲惫）为主的症状，完全可以说明它是由精神压力的躯体化症状延展而来的东西。
n因此你能看到，中医也倾向于认为抑郁症是肝的功能紊乱，因为一旦说你是相思病，那么首先受到责难的是生病的你。
n这时再回到瑞典，为什么只有瑞典的难民孩子会得放弃求生综合症？因为只有瑞典对生病的儿童足够宽容。一开始可能真的有一个因为自然原因昏迷的孩子获得了庇护，进而易受暗示的人群就会积极的自我暗示，渴望昏迷。
n如此来说从催眠的角度来理解的话，家庭获得庇护的兴奋会在言语中变成类似于解除催眠的信号式的东西，唤醒儿童。
n因此我们能看到采访中的父母们不少都谈到了孩子的坚强等等，但其实很多表现为坚强的人最容易依赖自己内心中对自己的暗示，他们总是在不断的暗示自己以在这个世界上求生。
n体育运动中经常会出现这种技巧。
因此我们也能发现另一个有趣的事情，陷入放弃求生综合症的女孩儿远多于男孩，暗合了易受暗示人群的男女比例。
所以做餐饮的话，记得把菜单做得更让女性喜欢：据美国研究所the Technomic的报告显示，女性消费者在点酒的时候，酒单描述和样品对她们的影响力分别达到了39%和32%，而这两项因素在人群中的平均影响力只有29%和26%。nn因此在不予通融的国家没有放弃求生综合征，在有通融而没有示范榜样的国家同样没有。
n因此我更乐意管这个叫“睡美人综合征”，她并不真的想昏迷，只是这个世界太糟糕——直到拯救她的人出现。
This is honestly the weirdest documentary (my least favorite) out of the nominees. The camera brings the audience to see the extremely beautiful natural scenes but I wasn’t very emotionally affected. To me, the film emphasizes more on the mysterious part, rather than showing the hardships that the family encountered so far. The re-enactments romanticizes the refugee families’ urgent living crisis. Speaking of crisis, this documentary goes on with a relatively slow pace, which in retrospect is very annoying— it’s as if the filmmakers were trying to stay objective by not showing their confusion, questions, and soft moments. The juxtaposition of the unexplored land with angel-like children in coma seem to echo to the general mysterious feelings. However, it inevitably to some degree holds back the viewers’ empathy for those refugee families.
I didn’t gain much understanding of how refugees’ life was like nor did the film ever zoomed in on the tension on refugee issues in Sweden. It’s not a very informative documentary compared to In the Absence. I know the challenge here is that this is still an enigma waiting to be solved, but the filmmakers should know beforehand that the irresolution will almost always lead to viewers’ dissatisfaction.
There isn’t any interview footage of the medical expertise, but I think this is an interesting choice. The lack of scientific evidence works out well with the overall tone, prepared by the scenes of intact forests and rivers. Besides, why should I continue to buy this false credibility created by interview footages?
After viewing, I’m left into this paradoxical feeling— should I believe the families based on this documentary that seemingly lacks of medical credibility? But if the disease is not true, is it ethical that I care less about their cases and living situations?