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A film that sounds like a derivative thriller - a crew of
fishermen facing bankruptcy decide to smuggle Chinese immigrants
from mainland Europe to Scotland- could easily have traded
on clichés for its effects but writer/director Steve
Hudson creates an altogether more complex portrait of what
essentially decent people will do in desperate circumstances.
The fishermen, played by a top-rate cast that includes
Ken Loach stalwarts Peter Mullan, Gary Lewis and Martin
Compston star in this low key but powerful drama which puts
a human face onto human trafficking.
"Compston (for once downgrading his usually impenetrable
Glasgow accent) makes a strong, believable lead and Mullan
is superb as the wisecracking crewman"
Matthew Turner, VIEWLONDON
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"At the helm, British writer/director Steve Hudson
presents this morality tale in eloquently stark style."
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