Invitation from a Mobster

Invitation from a Mobster is inspired by real events. It tells the story of one of the most important and feared journalists of the 1990s and is set during the Wild West Gold Rush era of Czech politics following the Velvet Revolution. Vitas is a journalist who uncovers injustice and crime in the chaos of democratic beginnings in a formerly Communist nation. He works in an environment  in which all things are affected by the pursuit of money and all human values fall to the wayside. Vitas uncovers various scams involving by one of the biggest mobsters in the Czech Republic, Kromen. The story moves to Tibet and its forcible annexation during the last century by China. A young girl is being raised in a monastery of Tibetan Buddhists near the Indian border. No one in the monastery has any idea that a destiny of great historical significance lies in wait for her. Because of the girl the monastery becomes a significant source of interest for Chinese officials.

Ji?í Ove?ka studied drama and theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts. He was an actor for eleven years and became a journalist following the Velvet Revolution. The next eight years he spent writing. After this, he became a reporter and a screenwriter for the Czech Public TV station. With thirty years of experience in the field of journalism, he has written hundreds of articles, shot hundreds of reports, and produced dozens of documentary films. He has received numerous awards and has worked as a film-director, producer, documentary film-maker and the director of several TV shows.