The movie A Young Man With High Potential follows Piet, a brilliant student of computer science who is socially inept and inexperienced in matters of love and relationships. He develops a crush on his classmate Klara, but she is not interested in him romantically.
Feeling rejected and humiliated, Piet resorts to experimenting with sleeping pills to numb his pain and escape his miserable reality. However, things take a dark turn when he decides to use the drugs on Klara without her consent.
The consequences of his actions are unexpected and disastrous, and Piet finds himself sinking deeper and deeper into a nightmarish spiral of guilt, shame, and paranoia. As his world crumbles around him, he struggles to come to terms with the consequences of his actions and make amends before it's too late.
A Young Man With High Potential is a gripping psychological thriller that explores the dangerous intersection of intelligence, ambition, and toxic masculinity in the modern world. It is a cautionary tale about the perils of unchecked power and the importance of empathy, consent, and respect in all relationships.
