Onwards and Sideways (2026)

0.0/10 • 105 min • Comedy Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Laura Linney

Rhys Ifans

Rory Kinnear

Professor Ridge

Monica Dolan

Isabella Nefar

Leah Byrne

Danielle Galligan

Sorcha Cusack

Emma Louise Webb

Olivia Maffett

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