CinemaOSMovie · 1988 · 1h 35m

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

When Max was born they cut off his .... It's 13 years later, 1960, his BarMitzvah, and they're still at it!

60%(7)IMDbDramaComedy

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.

Directed byAllan A. Goldstein

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
EN
Released
September 16, 1988
Revenue
$317
Studios
ONF | NFBSouthgate Entertainment

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

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

Henry Glick

William Marantz

Rabbi Kaminsky

Sharon Corder

Sarah Glick

Ken Zelig

Morris Moskover

Howard Jerome

Howard Jerome

Zelig Peikes

Creative team
Directed by
Allan A. Goldstein
Written by
Phil Savath
Produced by
Stephen Foster

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