Warning: This article contains mentions of suicide.

Summary

• Netflix’s new rom-com, Find Me Falling, features a famous rock star retreating to Cyprus.
• The film follows the protagonist’s journey as he reconnects with past lovers and faces difficult decisions.
• Find Me Falling’s cast includes Harry Connick Jr. in the leading role.

Netflix continues contributing to the rom-com renaissance with Find Me Falling, a movie with an impressive cast, including Harry Connick Jr. and a handful of up-and-coming stars. The 2024 romantic comedy, directed and written by Stelana Kliris, revolves around a famous rock star from America who retreats to Cyprus, an island south of Turkey and west of Syria. There, he buys a remote home near a cliff, where he wants to escape his life and career after a poorly-reviewed album release. Unfortunately for him, though, the house overlooks the sea and is where many die by suicide (unbeknownst to him).

While in Cyprus, the aforementioned rock star (Connick Jr.’s role) reconnects with one of his past lovers, while also forming a bond with a young singer. All the characters’ past and present storylines intermingle throughout the film, and shocking secrets are revealed. Ultimately, the protagonist finds himself in several tricky situations in the simple Netflix rom-com Find Me Falling when he initially came to Cyprus to have some quiet, alone time, away from his hectic life in America. While speaking to Tudum by Netflix, Kliris described Find Me Falling by saying:

“This is a love story about many kinds of love: romantic, family, lifelong dreams, and what you’re willing to sacrifice for the people or the things you love. [Harry Connick Jr.’s character] essentially has to decide whether the love of his life is his music or the woman he left behind.”

Harry Connick Jr. As John Allman

Date Of Birth: September 11, 1967

Actor: Harry Connick Jr. was born in New Orleans, where he grew up and developed a love for music. He began learning how to play different instruments at a young age, and when he was nine, Connick Jr. performed with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. After high school, Connick Jr. moved to New York, where he met Columbia Records executive George Butler, and signed with the label. Connick Jr.’s music career took off when he worked on the soundtrack for one of the best rom-coms of all time, When Harry Met Sally, with his first movie role coming in 1990 when he starred in Memphis Belle.

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Harry Connick Jr. has won three Grammy Awards — Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance for
When Harry Met Sally
‘s soundtrack; Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance for
We Are in Love
; and Best Traditional Pop Album for
Songs I Heard.
Connick Jr. also won two Emmys — one for Best Performance in a Variety Special for
Swingin’ Out Live
and Outstanding Music Direction for
Harry Connick Jr.‍—‌”Only You” in Concert.

Character: Harry Connick Jr. plays John Allman, a famous rock star from the United States, in Find Me Falling. As mentioned above, John spontaneously buys a small house overlooking a cliff in Cyprus to escape his life back home. He needs a break after his latest album failed, but John’s life gets even messier when he arrives in Cyprus in the great Netflix rom-com. Not only is his house near a place where many often die by suicide, but John also runs into a woman who he had a summer fling with many years ago.

Agni Scott As Sia

Date Of Birth: April 23

Actress: Agni Scott was born and raised in Cyprus (making her the perfect actress to play Sia in the Netflix original rom-com). However, when she grew up, Scott moved to the United States to get a bachelor’s degree in acting at Florida International University. She later got her master’s degree in acting at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Scott’s first acting role came when she starred as Aysel in The Hamburg Cell in 2004. However, Scott’s first notable role was as Ana Bakhshi in MI-5, a British spy drama TV series.

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Character: Agni Scott plays Sia, John’s former lover, in Find Me Falling on Netflix. John and Sia met many years ago when he was visiting Cyprus, and the two ended up having a short love affair before he returned to New York City. When John returns to the island, the couple picks up right where they left off as the chemistry between them never dies, despite how many years they had gone without seeing one another.

Ali Fumiko Whitney As Melina

Date Of Birth: October 10, 1995

Actress: Ali Fumiko Whitney was born in Scarsdale, New York, and like many others in the industry, she developed a love for acting at a young age. After graduating from high school, Whitney moved to Los Angeles, where she studied acting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Whitney’s feature film debut came when she starred in The Road Dance, a movie set during World War I on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. However, Whitney started gaining recognition when she appeared as Jackie in Cabin Girl in 2023.

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Ali Fumiko Whitney is set to star in
Worth the Wait,
a romance film starring Lana Condor, Ross Butler, Elodie Chung, and more notable actors and actresses.

Character: Ali Fumiko Whitney portrays Melina, a young singer who catches John’s eye (in a platonic way), in Find Me Falling on Netflix. Melina delivers food during the day, but at night, she sings at local taverns in Cyprus (where Find Me Falling was filmed). John and Melina strike a connection as they have many things in common, including their passion for music, and Melina wants to have a successful music career. However, the 2024 film reveals that there is more to John and Melina’s relationship than meets the eye.

Find Me Falling Supporting Cast & Characters

Tony Demetriou as Captain Manoli – Captain Manoli, a local cop who John meets after someone dies by suicide in front of his house, is played by Tony Demetriou. Demetriou doesn’t have any credits besides Find Me Falling on his IMDb page, so, it’s unclear what else he has starred in (or if the Netflix movie is his first role).

Angeliki Philippidou as Marikou – Angeliki Philippidou stars as Marikou, Sia’s mother, in the obscure Netflix rom-com. Philippidou is most known for her foreign roles, including as Anna in the TV show Vals me 12 Theous​​​​​​.

Lea Maleni as Koula – Lea Maleni portrays Sia’s sister, Koula, who Sia constantly confides in Find Me Falling. Similar to Philippidou, Maleni’s movies and shows have mostly been foreign productions, with her role as Marouso Linaiou in the TV series Didyma Feggaria as her longest job.

Athina Roditou as Anna – Athina Roditou’s Anna is one of the people who travel to the cliff by John’s house to take their own life in the Netflix film. Roditou’s other parts include Elli in I teleftaia ora and Lina Giannakaki in To navagio.

Clarence Smith as Jimmy – Jimmy, played by Clarence Smith, is John’s manager in the 2024 rom-com. Aside from Find Me Falling, Smith has appeared in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet.

Source: Tudum by Netflix