A very real look at grief and tragedy, love the true representation of Alberta and my Ukrainian heritage!

Being born and raised in Alberta, the struggles of immigrants (including my grandparents) is something my generation born here don't understand. This movie does a great job of going deep into the life of the main character Roman's struggle with losing his wife and the fallout from that

I also enjoy that the movie takes place only 2 weeks after this tragedy which adds to the realism and visceral nature of Roman's behaviour.

No swearing, no violence, no gory scenes...it can be done. I really liked this movie. I may be a little biased being that my ancestors are from Ukraine. I base whether a drama is good or bad, on how much I had an emotional attachment to the main character, and I did... very much. It is slow moving, but I really didn't mind.

The plot for "They who surround us" is weak and the direction does not help much. The movie goes back and forth with past and present and does not develop from that. The script is shallow and we do not have a sense or feel of the pain the main character is going through. We see the images but not the feeling. Troy Ruptash is a good actor, but his direction falls short.

The could be an hour movie long.