# Find Me Falling
**Find Me Falling** (Greek title: Μπρος Γκρεμός) is a 2024 romantic comedy film directed, written, and produced by Stelana Kliris, in which an aging American rock star retreats to a cliffside home on Cyprus only to find his new life complicated by visitors to the cliff, a notorious suicide spot, and an old flame[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504) • [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0). It stars [Harry Connick Jr.](https://www.edgepedia.org/harry-connick-jr) as John Allman, alongside Agni Scott, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Tony Demetriou, Aggeliki Filippidou, Lea Maleni, Athina Roditou, and Clarence Smith[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504). Released on Netflix on July 19, 2024, it was the first Cypriot feature film to screen on the platform[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | Netflix worldwide streaming premiere on July 19, 2024, at 7:00 AM GMT; theatrical release in Cyprus only on the same date[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504) • [2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0) |
| Director | Stelana Kliris, a South African Cypriot writer/director/producer, who also wrote and produced the film[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504) • [3](https://www.ewawomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Participants-Series-Accelerator.pdf) |
| Lead cast | Harry Connick Jr. as John Allman; Agni Scott as Sia, the old flame; Ali Fumiko Whitney as Melina, a young local musician[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/19/find-me-falling-netflix-movie-review) |
| Viewership | 14.4 million views and 22,500,000 streaming hours in its debut week, topping Netflix's English Films List; it held the #1 spot for two consecutive weeks[5](https://en.philenews.com/whats-on/first-cypriot-netflix-film-find-me-falling-tops-platforms-global-viewing-list/) • [6](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/top-10-week-of-july-22-find-me-falling-and-cobra-kai-hold-on-to-the-1-spots) |
| Critical scores | 43% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (28 reviews) with a 66% Popcornmeter audience score; a Metascore of 50 on Metacritic[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/find_me_falling) • [8](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/find-me-falling/critic-reviews/) |
| Production | A Cyprus-USA co-production by Jupiter Peak Productions (USA) and Meraki Films (Cyprus), supported by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Cyprus Film Commission[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0) |
| Filming | Shot entirely in Cyprus, between Peyia and Nicosia, with local company Green Olive Films running the production and over 150 people working on it[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
John Allman, an aging rock star coming off a flop comeback album and his biggest hit's dwindling popularity, takes a break from his career to reclaim his spark. He moves to an isolated cliffside home on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, hoping to keep a low profile. His plan is derailed when he is routinely confronted by desperate souls drawn to the cliff below his house, a notorious suicide spot, and later by more complicated surprises when an old flame reignites[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504).
The Guardian's review describes the opening as jarring: Allman witnesses a suicide at the cliff and, unable to save the jumper, becomes determined to prevent another. The film's A plot, however, concerns his attempt to reconnect with a local woman he met and fell for years earlier[4](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/19/find-me-falling-netflix-movie-review). Allman also befriends a young local musician played by Ali Fumiko Whitney and half-writes a new song whose title echoes the film's own[4](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/19/find-me-falling-netflix-movie-review).
## Production
The film was written, directed, and produced by Stelana Kliris alongside US producers Steven Shapiro and Keith Arnold[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504). It was a Cyprus-USA co-production produced by Jupiter Peak Productions (USA) and Meraki Films (Cyprus), the Cypriot production company Kliris established, with support from the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture and the Cyprus Film Commission[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0) • [9](https://www.meraki-films.com/new-page). Kliris has described the film as a "love letter to Cyprus"[10](https://parikiaki-cdn-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/13182038/Parikiaki_08.08.2024.pdf).
Shooting took place entirely in Cyprus, from Peyia to Nicosia, with the majority of the crew and cast drawn from the island; more than 150 people worked on the production[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0). Kliris called the finished film "definitive proof that Cyprus is capable of producing world-class movies for a global audience"[2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0). It was the biggest local feature ever shot in Cyprus in terms of cast and budget, according to a profile of Kliris prepared for the European Women's Audiovisual Network accelerator program[3](https://www.ewawomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Participants-Series-Accelerator.pdf).
Earlier in its development, the project went by the working title *The Islander*, and [Mira Sorvino](https://www.edgepedia.org/mira-sorvino) was attached to star opposite Harry Connick Jr.[11](https://www.netflixmovies.com/find-me-falling-2024)
## Reception
Critical response was mixed. Rotten Tomatoes recorded a 43% Tomatometer from 28 reviews, with the site's critics consensus calling it "an uneven, morose romcom" hampered by unconvincing drama and characters who fail to inspire much emotional investment; the audience Popcornmeter score stood at 66% from more than 250 ratings[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/find_me_falling). Metacritic assigned a Metascore of 50, based on seven critic reviews classified as mixed[8](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/find-me-falling/critic-reviews/).
Individual reviews divided along similar lines. Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave it 2 out of 5, citing "a crippling dearth of chemistry between two likable enough leads" and conflicts that feel unearned[4](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/19/find-me-falling-netflix-movie-review). Monica Castillo of RogerEbert.com rated it 2 out of 4, writing that the film "lands on uneven ground" as dramatic interruptions break the romantic comedy's tone[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/find_me_falling). Lisa Kennedy of The New York Times observed that Kliris is "undaunted by, though not entirely in control of, balancing her material's at times somber, at other times blithe, notes"[8](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/find-me-falling/critic-reviews/). On the favorable side, Courtney Howard of Variety wrote that Kliris "negotiates tonal shifts effortlessly" and called Connick Jr.'s performance a "gently humorous, disarming charmer"[8](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/find-me-falling/critic-reviews/) • [12](https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film404726.html), and Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India gave it 3.5 out of 5, praising its "honest storytelling and slice-of-life realism"[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/find_me_falling).
## Viewership and significance for Cyprus cinema
The film topped Netflix's English Films List for the week of July 15 to 21, 2024, with 14.4 million views, or 22,500,000 streaming hours, in its debut week[5](https://en.philenews.com/whats-on/first-cypriot-netflix-film-find-me-falling-tops-platforms-global-viewing-list/). Netflix reported that it held the top spot the following week with 16.1 million views, making two consecutive weeks at #1 on the English Films List[6](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/top-10-week-of-july-22-find-me-falling-and-cobra-kai-hold-on-to-the-1-spots) • [9](https://www.meraki-films.com/new-page).
As the first Cypriot feature film to screen on Netflix, the film drew attention to the island's production capacity. Kliris suggested Netflix's reach could change public perception of Cyprus, an island of about 1 million people[10](https://parikiaki-cdn-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/13182038/Parikiaki_08.08.2024.pdf). The Cyprus Film Scheme's 2024 annual report cited the film among Cypriot-supported productions achieving international recognition[13](https://www.investcyprus.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-invest-cyprus-annual-report-lr.pdf). Kliris's next feature, *Apart from Her*, a Cyprus-Greece-UK drama, was picked up for international sales by Reinvent Yellow while in post-production[14](https://reinvent.dk/news/reinvent-yellow-sales-picks-up-stelana-kliris-cypriot-uk-greek-drama-apart/).
## References
1. [Find Me Falling, Netflix Media Center](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81740504)
2. [Meet Stelana Kliris, the Creative Mind of Find Me Falling (Netflix), YouTube interview with press release](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTBiCqPSD0)
3. [EWA Participants Series Accelerator agenda (Stelana Kliris profile)](https://www.ewawomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Participants-Series-Accelerator.pdf)
4. [Find Me Falling review, The Guardian, 19 July 2024](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/19/find-me-falling-netflix-movie-review)
5. [First Cypriot Netflix film "Find Me Falling" tops platform's global viewing list, Philenews, 24 July 2024](https://en.philenews.com/whats-on/first-cypriot-netflix-film-find-me-falling-tops-platforms-global-viewing-list/)
6. [Top 10 Week of July 22: 'Find Me Falling' and 'Cobra Kai' Hold On to the #1 Spots, About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/top-10-week-of-july-22-find-me-falling-and-cobra-kai-hold-on-to-the-1-spots)
7. [Find Me Falling, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/find_me_falling)
8. [Find Me Falling critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/find-me-falling/critic-reviews/)
9. [About, Meraki Films](https://www.meraki-films.com/new-page)
10. [Parikiaki, Thursday 8 August 2024 (PDF)](https://parikiaki-cdn-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/13182038/Parikiaki_08.08.2024.pdf)
11. [Find Me Falling (2024) on Netflix, NetflixMovies.com](https://www.netflixmovies.com/find-me-falling-2024)
12. [Find Me Falling (2024), Filmaffinity](https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film404726.html)
13. [Invest Cyprus Annual Report 2024 (Cyprus Film Scheme)](https://www.investcyprus.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-invest-cyprus-annual-report-lr.pdf)
14. [Reinvent Yellow Sales picks up Stelana Kliris' Cypriot-UK-Greek drama 'Apart'](https://reinvent.dk/news/reinvent-yellow-sales-picks-up-stelana-kliris-cypriot-uk-greek-drama-apart/)
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