Charly, a man with a cognitive disability, faces difficulties in daily life, including cruel pranks at his bakery job. His teacher, Mrs. Kinnian, enrolls him in a study where he's observed by a surgeon and psychologist, who use a mouse named Algernon to test a brain-enhancing experiment.
Charly
A young man with a developmental disability is selected for a groundbreaking scientific trial, which unexpectedly transforms him into a certified intellectual giant.