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The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1989)

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick poster
Directed by
Allan A. Goldstein
Genre
comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Jewish boy in a small Canadian town gets lessons on his faith and culture from a local rabbi. He also starts to develop feelings for a girl his age, which tests his family's traditions and his own sense of identity.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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