The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Noam Zylberman

Maximilian Glick

Age : 50 | Popularity : 3%

Fairuza Balk

Celia Brzjinski

Age : 49 | Popularity : 28%

Jan Rubeš

Augustus Glick

Age : 89 | Popularity : 7%

Susan Douglas

Bryna Glick

Age : 99 | Popularity : 3%

Saul Rubinek

Rabbi Teitelman

Age : 75 | Popularity : 9%

Aaron Schwartz

Henry Glick

Age : 5 | Popularity : 3%

William Marantz

Rabbi Kaminsky

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sharon Corder

Sarah Glick

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Allan A. Goldstein
Writing	Writer	Phil Savath
Production	Executive In Charge Of Production	Ches Yetman
Department	Role	Name

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