The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

6.0

1 hr 35 min

1988-09-16

7

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.

Drama

Comedy

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Characters

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

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