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.
Release Date | October 25, 2006 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Ghosts | |
Runtime | 1h 36min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | Mandarin, English | |
Original Language | English | |
Production Countries | United Kingdom | |
Production Companies | Lafayette FilmsHead Gear FilmsFilm4 ProductionsChannel 4 Television |