In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death. In 1910, he befriends American reporter Johnny Sykes. Then a meeting with visionary Francisco Madero transforms Villa from an avenging bandit to a revolutionary general. To the tune of 'La Cucaracha,' his armies sweep Mexico. After victory, Villa's bandit-like disregard for human life forces Madero to exile him. But Madero's fall brings Villa back to raise the people against a new tyrant...

　　A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.

打破白娘子傳說的固有框架，以許仕林后人許博森的現代視角切入，將千年神話與當代青年的成長、抉擇結合，把 “救母” 而非 “愛情” 作為核心主線，賦予經典故事全新的情感內核與現實思考。

本片改編自同名小說。貝多芬（古田新太 飾），眾人心中的孤高天才，原來竟是秘書一手捏造的“神話”？本片揭開歷史迷霧，講述一個粗俗邋遢的真實貝多芬，如何在忠實秘書辛德勒（山田裕貴 飾）的筆下，被改寫成永垂不朽的圣人音樂家。