(Matt Damon), a self-taught mathematical genius with an eidetic memory who works as a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Will must study advanced mathematics under Lambeau's supervision.
The story follows Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a 20-year-old South Boston laborer with an IQ that surpasses the greatest minds at MIT. While working as a janitor at the prestigious university, he anonymously solves a "near-impossible" combinatorial mathematics problem on a hallway chalkboard, catching the attention of Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgård).