Ghosts

"Morecambe Bay, February 5th 2004, 23 lives, 23 souls"

Jan 12 2007 N/A 1h 36m
Adventure, Drama

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.

Plot

A young girl, Ai Qin, pays $25,000 to be smuggled into the UK in order to support her family back in China. She is forced to live with eleven other Chinese in a small house in Thetford, Norfolk, working in factories and fields preparing food. The film was inspired by the Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, when a gang of Chinese cockle-pickers found themselves trapped tide coming in.

Written by

Nick Broomfield, Jez Lewis, Hsiao-Hung Pai

Directed by

Nick Broomfield

Cast

Zhan Yu, Tao Li, Ai Qin Lin

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Channel 4 Television, Film4 Productions, Head Gear Films, Lafayette Films

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
855
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA