Ai Qin (played by Ai Qin Lin) is a protagonist in Ghosts.
An illegal Chinese immigrant from Fuzhou who travels to the UK to work. She leaves behind a son and a husband who abandoned her. She pays a five thousand dollar deposit and incurs a twenty thousand dollar debt to a smuggler, works in a meat-packing factory, resists sex work, and eventually joins a desperate group cockle-picking at Morecambe Bay. Ai Qin's Father (played by Shiang Fa Lin) appears in Ghosts.
Ai Qin's Mother (played by Kan Jin Chen) appears in Ghosts.
Ai Qin's Brother (played by Qin Rong Lin) appears in Ghosts.
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Characters
Ai Qin
(played by Ai Qin Lin) — protagonist
An illegal Chinese immigrant from Fuzhou who travels to the UK to work. She leaves behind a son and a husband who abandoned her. She pays a five thousand dollar deposit and incurs a twenty thousand do...
Ai Qin's Father
(played by Shiang Fa Lin) — supporting
Ai Qin's Mother
(played by Kan Jin Chen) — supporting
Ai Qin's Brother
(played by Qin Rong Lin) — supporting
Key Relationships
Ai Qin's Brother → Ai Qin
(brother)
Ai Qin's Father → Ai Qin
(father)
Ai Qin's Mother → Ai Qin
(mother)
Story Analysis
A documentary tracing an illegal Chinese immigrant's exploitation and the tragic Morecambe Bay cockling disaster.
