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Release Date:
12 January 2007 (UK) moreTagline:
Morecambe Bay, February 5th 2004, 23 lives, 23 soulsPlot:
A young Chinese girl is smuggled into the UK so she can support her son and family in China. | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(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)
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Harrowing but true moreCast
(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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96 minCountry:
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1.78 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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The dreadful plight of illegal immigrants to the U.K. has been highlighted in a number of films, including Michael Winterbottom's 'In This World' and Channel 4's miniseries 'Sex Traffic'. While Nick Broomfield was motivated by the tragedy of the deaths of Chinese cockle-pickers in Morecombe Bay to abandon his normal style (of self-led investigative documentary) to film a dramatic reconstruction of their story. He handles the transition in styles well, and his film is realistic, harrowing and marked by striking photography of Britain's ugly-beautiful underbelly. Particularly good is the portrayal of the gang-master, a villain, yet also a victim at the same time. If there's a criticism its that, judged purely as drama, the story is almost too harrowing, with no hope of redemption at the end. But of course, the events depicted actually happened and, with the exception of the final chapter, continue to happen: this is an important film, and one that asks awkward questions for those of us rich off the backs of migrant labour.