Ghosts (2006)
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.
- Released
- 2006-10-25
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Nick Broomfield
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 14 votes
Cast
- Ai Qin Lin as Ai Qin
- Zhan Yu as Mr. Lin
- Tao Li as Chinese Cockle-Picker
- Zhe Wei as Xiao Li
- Yong Aing Zhai as Zhai
- An Sheng Lin as Baby Bebe
- Kan Jin Chen as Ai Qin's Mother
- Shiang Fa Lin as Ai Qin's Father
- Qin Rong Lin as Ai Qin's Brother
- Ping Chen as Snakehead in China
- Marc Hoeferlin as People Smuggler in Calais
- David Bryan as People Smuggler in Calais