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Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Nick BroomfieldDirector
- Harry EscottOriginal Music Composer
- Molly NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Hsiao-Hung PaiWriter
- Nick BroomfieldWriter
- Jez LewisWriter
Cast
- Ai Qin LinAi Qin
- Zhan YuMr. Lin
- Tao LiChinese Cockle-Picker
- Zhe WeiXiao Li
- Yong Aing ZhaiZhai
- An Sheng LinBaby Bebe
- Kan Jin ChenAi Qin's Mother
- Shiang Fa LinAi Qin's Father
- Qin Rong LinAi Qin's Brother
- Ping ChenSnakehead in China
- Marc HoeferlinPeople Smuggler in Calais
- David BryanPeople Smuggler in Calais