Netflix’s romantic comedies are gaining a reputation for taking their audiences to wonderful places, and the streaming service’s latest rom-com, Harry Connick Jr. Find me fallingwhich began airing today, is no exception.
Written and directed by Stellana Kliris, Find me falling The film stars Connick Jr., an aging, cantankerous rock star named John Allman, who, after a failed attempt to return to society, runs away to the island nation of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. At first, we think he’s there just to get away from life as a famous rock star, but it’s soon revealed that John once had a passionate affair with a Cypriot woman named Sia (played by Agni Scott). All these years later, she still lives on the island and the spark between them is still very much alive.
Also starring Ali Fumiko Whitney and Tony Demetriou, Find me falling It’s a heartwarming romance filmed in a gorgeous location. You’ll want to book your holiday to Cyprus as soon as possible after watching it. Read on to find out more about the film. Find me falling Filming locations in Cyprus.
Where was it Find me falling filmed?
Find me falling The film was shot in the Republic of Cyprus, an island nation in the Mediterranean Sea, located east of Greece, north of Egypt, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Although Cyprus functions politically as a single nation, the country is made up of two very different cultural groups: the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots. The Cypriots appear in Find me falling They are Greek Cypriots. Find me falling (previously titled The islander) is Netflix’s first film shot in Cyprus.
More specifically, the Find me falling Filming locations in Cyprus included the small town of Peyia on the west side of the island and the capital city of Nicosia in the north-central part of the island.
He Find me falling The writer and director, Stelana Kliris, is a South African Cypriot.
In a director’s statement shared with the film’s production notes, Kliris explained: “Like my main character, I left my busy city life to start anew on a small island. I’ve come to know the quirks and habits of the locals and the many opportunities for comedy in their everyday lives, as well as the strong sense of family and community found in small places. Our island, with its unique flavor and authenticity, has many stories to tell.”
In a recent interview with Jugo Mobile, star Harry Connick Jr. said it was his first time visiting the country. “I didn’t actually know exactly where it was,” the star told Jugo Mobile. “When I read the script, I had to look at a map and see exactly where it was. But I read about the place and watched some documentaries about it. I wanted to learn. And then getting there was so much more than I expected. The history is palpable. The food, the people, the two cultures that coexist on the island… it’s a complex place and it was incredible. I mean, I feel very lucky to have a job that allows me to visit places like that. It was incredible.”
In her directorial statement, Kliris added that the film is “a love letter to my home island of Cyprus, to the weathered-faced women knitting in the open air, to the children playing on cobbled streets, to the village gossip, to the singing in the street. It is a love story that almost doesn’t happen until it does.”
