Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Ghosts
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
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Cast
Ai Qin Lin
Ai Qin
Zhan Yu
Mr. Lin
Tao Li
Chinese Cockle-Picker
Zhe Wei
Xiao Li
Yong Aing Zhai
Zhai
An Sheng Lin
Baby Bebe
Kan Jin Chen
Ai Qin's Mother
Shiang Fa Lin
Ai Qin's Father
Qin Rong Lin
Ai Qin's Brother
Ping Chen
Snakehead in China
Marc Hoeferlin
People Smuggler in Calais
David Bryan
People Smuggler in Calais
Jiannan Tian
Smuggled Chinese Immigrant
Li Xiang
Smuggled Chinese Immigrant
Shu Ping Wang
Snakehead in UK
Li Qing Yang
Snakehead in UK
Man Qin Wei
Chio
Raquel Marques
Employment Agency Assistant
Graca Costa
Employment Agency Assistant
Lorraine Day
Angry Woman in Agency
Production Companies
Head Gear Films
Film4 Productions
Channel 4 Television
