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The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

1988

5.5

Categories:

  • Drama
  • Comedy

Overview:

The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his sarcastic, Jewish humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather (Jan Rubes)-both synagogue leaders-are saddled with a traditional Hassidic rabbi who sticks out like a sore thumb among the otherwise assimilated Jewish community. To make matters more difficult, Max likes a Catholic girl (14 year old Fairuza Baulk in just her third film), whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own. Filmed in Winnipeg and rural Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.

Allan A. Goldstein

Director

Phil Savath

Writer

Cast:

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  • Noam Zylberman

    Noam Zylberman

    Maximilian Glick
  • Fairuza Balk

    Fairuza Balk

    Celia Brzjinski
  • Jan Rubeš

    Jan Rubeš

    Augustus Glick
  • Susan Douglas

    Susan Douglas

    Bryna Glick
  • Saul Rubinek

    Saul Rubinek

    Rabbi Teitelman
  • Aaron Schwartz

    Aaron Schwartz

    Henry Glick