The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick is a 1988 Canadian film based on the novel by Morley Torgov. The film was shot in Winnipeg and Beausejour, Manitoba.
Overview
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick is a 1988 Canadian film based on the novel by Morley Torgov. The film was shot in Winnipeg and Beausejour, Manitoba.
Plot
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy 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 humor. The town's rabbi dies, and a subplot develops in which Max's father and grandfather (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, with whom he later duets in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own.
Primary cast
Noam Zylberman - Maximilian Glick
Jan Rubeš - Augustus Glick
Susan Douglas Rubeš - Bryna Glick
Sharon Corder - Sarah Glick
Aaron Schwartz - Henry Glick
Howard Jerome - Zelig Peikes
Nigel Bennett - Derek Blackthorn
Fairuza Balk - Celia Brzjinski
Saul Rubinek - Rabbi Teitelman
Production
