AvistaZ International Showcase Winner: Ghosts (UK) (2006)
Morecambe Bay, February 5th 2004, 23 lives, 23 lost souls…
When a young Chinese girl, Ai Qin, pays $25,000 to be smuggled into the UK so she can support her son and family in China, she becomes another one of 3 million migrant workers that have become the bedrock of the nation’s 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 to earn more money. And on February 5th, 2004 twenty-three of them drowned. Their families in China are still paying off their debts.
With an extraordinary debut performance from Ai Qin Lin in a film whose principal characters are played by formerly illegal Chinese immigrants, Ghosts offers a unique insight into the shadowy secret existences in the world that surrounds us and enriches our economy.
Cast: Ai Qin Lin, Zhan Yu , Zhe Wei , Man Qin Wei , Yong Aing Zhai, Devi Zhu, Shaun Gallagher
Directed: Nick Broomfield
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Runtime: 96 minutes
Also Known As: Gui lao, 鬼佬
Country: UK
Language: Mandarin/English
Subtitles: English
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0872202/
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Nominated by garth3084
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This is a very good film-documentary! I watched it on TV and thought it was beautifully directed film.
One to totally watch!
Very powerful movie…
BTW, the title ‘鬼佬’, is an extremely deragotory Chinese term for foreigner, but most of you will probably already know that.