Ghosts
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nick Broomfield
Ai Qin Lin
Zhan Yu
Zhe Wei
Man Qin Wei
Yong Aing Zhai
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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.
Director
Nick Broomfield
Crew
Nick Broomfield
Nick Broomfield
David Bryan
Rob Cannan
Peter Christelis
Charles Finch
Danny Hambrook
Malcolm Hirst
Jez Lewis
Jez Lewis
Hsiao-hung Pai
Tom Pearson
Mark Wolf
Marcel Zyskind
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Gipuzkoa Blood Donors' Solidarity Award at the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States January 2007
Released in United States September 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (New British Cinema) October 18-November 2, 2006.
Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Official Selection/Opening Film) September 21-30, 2006.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 18-28, 2007.
Based on a true story.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at London Film Festival (New British Cinema) October 18-November 2, 2006.)
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 18-28, 2007.)
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at San Sebastian Film Festival (Official Selection/Opening Film) September 21-30, 2006.)
