Ghosts
Morecambe Bay, February 5th 2004, 23 lives, 23 souls
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Zhan Yu
Mr. Lin
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Tao Li
Chinese Cockle-Picker
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Ai Qin Lin
Ai Qin
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Zhe Wei
Xiao Li
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Yong Aing Zhai
Zhai
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An Sheng Lin
Baby Bebe
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Kan Jin Chen
Ai Qin's Mother
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Shiang Fa Lin
Ai Qin's Father
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Qin Rong Lin
Ai Qin's Brother
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Ping Chen
Snakehead in China
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Ping Chen
UK
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Harry Escott
Composer
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Molly Nyman
Composer
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Mark Wolf
Cinematographer