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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   542 votes
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Director:
Nick Broomfield
Writers:
Nick Broomfield (written by) and
Jez Lewis (written by) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
12 January 2007 (UK) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama more
Tagline:
Morecambe Bay, February 5th 2004, 23 lives, 23 souls
Plot:
A young Chinese girl is smuggled into the UK so she can support her son and family in China. | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
And the Best of British To You, Sir! (/Madam)
 (From FilmExperience. 24 April 2009, 7:37 AM, PDT)
Nick Broomfield on "Battle for Haditha"
 (From IFC. 6 May 2008, 4:09 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
if you like this film read - NOT ON THE LABEL more (13 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Ai Qin Lin ... Ai Qin
Zhan Yu ... Mr. Lin
Zhe Wei ... Xiao Li
Man Qin Wei ... Chio
Yong Aing Zhai ... Zhai (as Wen Buo Zhai)
Devi Zhu ... Bai
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rhys Bond ... Police Officer
Kay Briar Fox ... Angry Neighbour's Wife
Colin Brown ... British Cockle-Picker
Dave Bryan ... People Smuggler in Calais
Kan Jin Chen ... Ai Qin's Mother
Ping Chen ... Snakehead in China / UK
Graca Costa ... Employment Agency Assistant
Lorraine Day ... Angry Woman in Agency
Andrew Dodd ... British Cockle-Picker
Shang Falin ... Ai Qin's Father
Shalin Gallagher ... Robert
Roger Gray ... Police Officer
Graham Harris ... Police Officer
Marc Hoeferlin ... People Smuggler in Calais
Dafydd Hughes ... British Cockle-Picker
Stewart Jones ... British Cockle-Picker
Darren Kasselves ... British Cockle-Picker
Ang Sheng Lin ... Baby Bebe
Qin Rong Lin ... Ai Qin's Brother
Sean Lin ... Ai Qin's Son
Tao Li ... Chinese Cockle-Picker
Xiang Li ... Smuggled Chinese Immigrant
Raquel Marques ... Employment Agency Assistant
Vikki McDonald ... British Cockle-Picker
Paul Ovenden ... Employment Agency Manager
Paul Plausin ... Police Officer
Paul Andrew Richardson ... British Cockle-Picker
Terry Sergeant ... British Cockle-Picker
Mark Thomas ... British Cockle-Picker
Jiannan Tian ... Smuggled Chinese Immigrant
Paul Wadsworth ... Angry Neighbour
Shu Ping Wang ... Snakehead in UK
Lana Westfold ... Farm Minibus Driver
Michael Whitehead ... British Cockle-Picker
Ruby Wood ... Girl in Duck Factory
Li Qing Yang ... Snakehead in UK
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
UK
Language:
Mandarin | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version)
Company:
Channel 4 Television Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Had no scripted dialog. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Shooting 'Ghosts' (2006) more

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User Comments

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22 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
if you like this film read - NOT ON THE LABEL, 15 January 2007
Author: stevolution666 from United Kingdom

i saw this very recently and i implore everyone to see it.

this film is brilliant in it's illustration of the lives of people forced to take desperate measures.

the need for money being at the heart of the story, and money having no heart being part of the problem.

one question it raises is responsibility, and you can't help but think governments across the world must change the

economic and subsequent social situations that require these pyramids of suffering to occur.

i particularly enjoyed the depiction of English racists, very life-like disgusting ignorant and often ugly.

the greed greasing the wheels of exploitation on every level was thought provoking.

in all an absolute masterpiece

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