Based on Daniel Keyes's novel in which a bakery worker with a low IQ is chosen to take part in a new medical procedure which could turn him into a genius. He is thrilled when he becomes super-intelligent, but he also gains an unwanted knowledge of the harsh realities of the world, losing the childlike innocence which had protected him.
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