Comedy / Drama

Onwards and Sideways.

Name: Onwards and Sideways
Director: John Madden
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2026-11-06
Duration: 105 min

20261h 45mEN

Tony Evans is the deputy head of a local primary school. Emma Dretzin is a pianist, composer and single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives: on the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.

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Directed by John Madden

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

Rhys Ifans

Tony Evans

Laura Linney

Emma Dretzin

Monica Dolan

Liz Evans

Rory Kinnear

Professor Ridge

Isabella Nefar

Bahar

Leah Byrne

Julie

Danielle Galligan

Carol

Paul Mayhew-Archer

Tom

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