Ghosts (2006)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 25, 2006Release Date
Ghosts (2006)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 25, 2006Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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 & Crew.
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
Nick Broomfield
Director / Producer / Writer
Mark Wolf
Director of Photography
Adam DeCoster
Foley Artist
Rick Owens
Sound
Phil Hunt
Executive Producer
Greg Mauer
Foley Artist
Peter Christelis
Editor
Compton Ross
Producer
Charles Finch
Executive Producer
Carol Tucker
Makeup Artist
Jez Lewis
Producer / Writer
David Bryan
Art Direction
Molly Nyman
Original Music Composer
Shaheen Baig
Casting
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Ghosts is a 2006 drama film directed by Nick Broomfield, based on the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. The title is a reference to the Cantonese slang term Gweilo (鬼佬), meaning "ghost man", used for white people.
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