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.
Noam Zylberman
Maximilian Glick
Fairuza Balk
Celia Brzjinski
Jan Rubeš
Augustus Glick
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September 16, 1988
1h 35m
6.0
Allan A. Goldstein
Phil Savath
7
Southgate Entertainment
N/A
ONF | NFB
CA
Susan Douglas
Bryna Glick
Saul Rubinek
Rabbi Teitelman
Aaron Schwartz
Henry Glick
William Marantz
Rabbi Kaminsky
Sharon Corder
Sarah Glick
Ken Zelig
Morris Moskover
Howard Jerome
Zelig Peikes
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