Release Date

16 Sep, 1988

Runtime

01:35: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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

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.

Original Title

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

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Actors

Noam Zylberman

Fairuza Balk

Jan Rubeš

Susan Douglas

Saul Rubinek

Aaron Schwartz

William Marantz

Sharon Corder

Ken Zelig

Howard Jerome

Alec McClure

Crew