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Ghosts (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Chinese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Chinese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Chinese ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min + 64 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nick Broomfield

Written By:
Nick Broomfield
Jez Lewis

Actors:
Ai Qin Lin ..... Ai Qin
Zhan Yu ..... Mr. Lin
Zhe Wei ..... Xiao Li
Man Qin Wei ..... Chio
Yong Aing Zhai ..... Zhai (as Wen Buo Zhai)
Devi Zhu ..... Bai
Rhys Bond ..... Police Officer
Kay Briar Fox ..... Angry Neighbour's Wife
Colin Brown ..... British Cockle-Picker
Dave Bryan ..... People Smuggler in Calais
Kan Jin Chen ..... Ai Qin's Mother
Ping Chen ..... Snakehead in China / UK
Graca Costa ..... Employment Agency Assistant
Lorraine Day ..... Angry Woman in Agency
Andrew Dodd ..... British Cockle-Picker
Shang Falin ..... Ai Qin's Father
Shalin Gallagher ..... Robert
Roger Gray ..... Police Officer
Graham Harris ..... Police Officer
Marc Hoeferlin ..... People Smuggler in Calais
Dafydd Hughes ..... British Cockle-Picker
Stewart Jones ..... British Cockle-Picker
Darren Kasselves ..... British Cockle-Picker
Ang Sheng Lin ..... Baby Bebe
Qin Rong Lin ..... Ai Qin's Brother
Sean Lin ..... Ai Qin's Son
Tao Li ..... Chinese Cockle-Picker
Xiang Li ..... Smuggled Chinese Immigrant
Raquel Marques ..... Employment Agency Assistant
Vikki McDonald ..... British Cockle-Picker
Paul Ovenden ..... Employment Agency Manager
Paul Plausin ..... Police Officer
Paul Andrew Richardson ..... British Cockle-Picker
Terry Sergeant ..... British Cockle-Picker
Mark Thomas ..... British Cockle-Picker
Jiannan Tian ..... Smuggled Chinese Immigrant
Paul Wadsworth ..... Angry Neighbour
Shu Ping Wang ..... Snakehead in UK
Lana Westfold ..... Farm Minibus Driver
Michael Whitehead ..... British Cockle-Picker
Ruby Wood ..... Girl in Duck Factory
Li Qing Yang ..... Snakehead in UK

Synopsis:

On February 5th 2004 twenty three Chinese people drowned in Morecambe Bay. Their families in China are still paying off their debts. 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. With an extraordinary debut performance from Ai Qin Lin in a film whose principal characters are played by Chinese former illegal immigrants, Ghosts offers a unique insight into a secret world that surrounds us.

Ai Qin, a young Chinese girl from Fujian, borrows $25,000 to pay the Snakehead gang to smuggle her into the UK so she can support her son and family back in China. Once in the UK, she becomes another one of three million migrant workers that are the bedrock of its food supply chain, construction and hospitality industries. She lives with fifteen other Chinese in a two-bedroom suburban house. With an illegally forged work permit, she prepares food for British supermarkets. In their search for better paying jobs to repay their debts, they end up cockling in Morecambe Bay at night. On February 5th 2004, twenty-three Chinese drowned in Morecambe. Their families in China are still paying off their debts.

Drama. Draws from the real-life deaths of illegal Chinese immigrants who drowned while cockle-picking on the coast of northern England in 2004.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 26 June, 2009.

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