Ghosts
October 25, 2006
96 minutes
6.5
Drama

Ghosts

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.

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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)
Paul Wadsworth
(Angry Neighbour)
Kay Briar Fox
(Angry Neighbour's Wife)
Ruby Wood
(Girl in Duck Factory)
Paul Ovenden
(Employment Agency Manager)
Shaun Gallagher
(Robert)
Lana Westfold
(Farm Minibus Driver)
Roger Gray
(Police Officer)
Graham Harris
(Police Officer)
Paul Plausin
(Police Officer)
Rhys Bond
(Police Officer)
Paul Andrew Richardson
(British Cockle-Picker)
Terry Sergeant
(British Cockle-Picker)
Vikki McDonald
(British Cockle-Picker)
Colin Brown
(British Cockle-Picker)
Andrew Dodd
(British Cockle-Picker)
Dafydd Hughes
(British Cockle-Picker)
Stewart Jones
(British Cockle-Picker)
Darren Kasselves
(British Cockle-Picker)
Mark Thomas
(British Cockle-Picker)
Michael Whitehead
(British Cockle-Picker)
Sean Lin
(Ai Qin's Son)
Devi Zhu
(Bai)