Ghosts

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Ghosts

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

2006

1h 36m

6.5(14 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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42 members

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Ai Qin Lin

Ai Qin

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Zhan Yu

Mr. Lin

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Tao Li

Chinese Cockle-Picker

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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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Marc Hoeferlin

People Smuggler in Calais

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David Bryan

People Smuggler in Calais

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Jiannan Tian

Smuggled Chinese Immigrant

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Li Xiang

Smuggled Chinese Immigrant

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Shu Ping Wang

Snakehead in UK

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Li Qing Yang

Snakehead in UK

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Man Qin Wei

Chio

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Raquel Marques

Employment Agency Assistant

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Graca Costa

Employment Agency Assistant

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Lorraine Day

Angry Woman in Agency

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Paul Wadsworth

Angry Neighbour

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Kay Briar Fox

Angry Neighbour's Wife

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Ruby Wood

Girl in Duck Factory

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Paul Ovenden

Employment Agency Manager

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Shaun Gallagher

Robert

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Lana Westfold

Farm Minibus Driver

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Roger Gray

Police Officer

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Graham Harris

Police Officer

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Paul Plausin

Police Officer

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Rhys Bond

Police Officer

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Paul Andrew Richardson

British Cockle-Picker

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Terry Sergeant

British Cockle-Picker

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Vikki McDonald

British Cockle-Picker

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Colin Brown

British Cockle-Picker

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Andrew Dodd

British Cockle-Picker

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Dafydd Hughes

British Cockle-Picker

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Stewart Jones

British Cockle-Picker

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Darren Kasselves

British Cockle-Picker

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Mark Thomas

British Cockle-Picker

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Michael Whitehead

British Cockle-Picker

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Sean Lin

Ai Qin's Son

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Devi Zhu

Bai

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