蒙面英雄佐罗（安东尼•霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰）为了阻止西班牙总督蒙特罗滥杀无辜，突然从天而降，劫走了准备行刑的犯人，从而与蒙特罗结下深仇。随后，蒙特罗派部队跟踪了佐罗。在一片混战中，佐罗的妻子被杀死，还在襁褓中的女儿被虐走，佐罗也被投入了监牢。一晃眼二十年过去了，为了让自己的事业后继有人，佐罗带上面具逃出了监狱。…
Follows an Italian con-man who pretends to be a prince and goes to Mexico City to exploit the elite's fascination with European Nobility. They comply with his every request, even giving him their daughters' hands in marriage.
A young man living in rural Mexico loves in secret. In order to live truthfully, he must overcome his mother, his lover's fiancée, and the traditional community that surrounds him.
