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The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)

Drama Comedy

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

Release Date: 1988, September 16
Directors: Allan A. Goldstein
Countries: Canada
Production: Southgate Entertainment, ONF | NFB, ONF | NFB
Cast: Aaron Schwartz, Fairuza Balk, Saul Rubinek, Jan Rubeš, Howard Jerome, Alec McClure, Susan Douglas, Noam Zylberman, William Marantz, Ken Zelig

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.

Keywords:

canada mine teenage romance judaism winter rural area classical music piano lessons prairie manitoba rabbi bar mitzvah christanity religious differences