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Ghosts (2006)
Directed by Nick Broomfield
“Morecambe Bay, February 5th 2004, 23 lives, 23 souls”
Drama · 1h 36m
When a young girl, Ai Qin, pays $25,000 to be smuggled into the UK in order to support her family back in China, she becomes another one of 3 million migrant workers that have become the bedrock of our economy. Forced to live with eleven other Chinese people in a two bedroom house, they work in factories preparing food for British supermarkets. Risking their lives for pennies these unprotected workers end up cockling in Morcombe Bay at night.
Cast
A
Ai Qin Lin
Ai Qin
Z
Zhan Yu
Mr. Lin
T
Tao Li
Chinese Cockle-Picker
Z
Zhe Wei
Xiao Li
Y
Yong Aing Zhai
Zhai
A
An Sheng Lin
Baby Bebe
K
Kan Jin Chen
Ai Qin's Mother
S
Shiang Fa Lin
Ai Qin's Father
Q
Qin Rong Lin
Ai Qin's Brother
P
Ping Chen
Snakehead in China
M
Marc Hoeferlin
People Smuggler in Calais
D
David Bryan
People Smuggler in Calais
Crew
- Director
- Nick Broomfield
- Writer
- Hsiao-Hung Pai, Nick Broomfield, Jez Lewis
- Director of Photography
- Mark Wolf
- Original Music Composer
- Harry Escott, Molly Nyman
- Editor
- Peter Christelis
- Producer
- Nick Broomfield, Jez Lewis, Compton Ross
Details
- Release date
- 2006-10-25
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Head Gear Films, Film4 Productions, Channel 4 Television, Lafayette Film