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ONWARDS AND SIDEWAYS

by John Madden

synopsis

Tony Evans is deputy head of a primary school. Emma Dretzin is a musician and 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, these two are simultaneously confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. This film is the story of Tony and Emma – a friendship which unfolds unexpectedly. A story of humour and emotion, of challenge and bravado, of music and dance – transcending the assumptions of a little understood condition, and triumphing over the odds to find joy, release and love.

international title: Onwards and Sideways
original title: Onwards and Sideways
country: United Kingdom
sales agent: Kaleidoscope Film Distribution
year: 2026
genre: fiction
directed by: John Madden
film run: 115'
screenplay: Paul Mayhew-Archer
cast: Rhys Ifans, Laura Linney, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan
cinematography by: Danny Cohen
film editing: Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
art director: Peter Francis
costumes designer: Lauren Reyhani
music: Thomas Newman
producer: Hilary Bevan Jones, John Gore
executive producer: Francis Hopkinson, Helen Flint, Paul Mayhew-Archer, John Madden, Hilary Strong, Lucy Richer, Ellie Wood, Rhys Ifans
production: Hilltop Screen, John Gore Studios, BBC/BBC Film, Little Island Productions

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