Flowers for Algernon (2000) on Netflix
Charlie Gordon, a mentally disabled bakery worker, longs to be a genius. His teacher Alice proposes an operation to raise his intelligence. A mouse named Algernon solves a maze he cannot.
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Plot summary
Charlie Gordon attends a special school and works part-time in a bakery, and he is mentally disabled. What he wants most is to be a genius. Alice, his teacher at the school, proposes that he undergo an operation to increase his intelligence. Dr. Strauss is the doctor who treats him. Before the surgery, Charlie watches a mouse called Algernon escape from a maze that he has not been able to solve. The operation raises his intelligence far above its earlier level.
Cast
- David McFarlaneas Lester
- Ronit Cohenas Francine
- Hayley Lochneras Harriet
