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.| Status: | Released (2006-10-25) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Screen: | Nick Broomfield, Jez Lewis, Hsiao-Hung Pai |
| Productions: | Lafayette Films, Head Gear Films, Film4 Productions, Channel 4 Television |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | 普通话, English |
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Casts
- 2451368: Ai Qin Lin - Ai Qin
- 2451366: Zhan Yu - Mr. Lin
- 2451367: Tao Li - Chinese Cockle-Picker
- 4733711: Zhe Wei - Xiao Li
- 4733713: Yong Aing Zhai - Zhai
- 4733714: An Sheng Lin - Baby Bebe
- 4733715: Kan Jin Chen - Ai Qin's Mother
Crews
- 92561: Nick Broomfield - Director - Directing
- 3562478: Mark Wolf - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1412456: Adam DeCoster - Foley Artist - Sound
- 1367362: Rick Owens - Sound - Sound
- 951484: Phil Hunt - Executive Producer - Production
- 229997: Greg Mauer - Foley Artist - Sound
- 20461: Peter Christelis - Editor - Editing
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