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The Law According to Lidia Poët

★ 7.5 13K votes 2023–2026 3 seasons · 18 episodes Ended Netflix
Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10LegalCourtrooms, lawyers and the machinery of the law.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 8/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Matilda De AngelisEduardo ScarpettaPier Luigi PasinoSara LazzaroAlessia SpinelliSinéad Thornhill
Written by
Guido IuculanoDavide Orsini
Starring
Matilda De AngelisEduardo ScarpettaPier Luigi PasinoSara LazzaroAlessia SpinelliSinéad Thornhill
Written by
Guido IuculanoDavide Orsini
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"Belle Époque glamour wrapped around quietly radical defiance"

Inspired by the true story of Italy's first female lawyer, this Netflix period drama follows Lidia Poët in 1880s Turin after she's stripped of her license simply for being a woman, forcing her to practice law unofficially through her brother's firm while chasing murder cases. Each season mixes courtroom intrigue with mystery-of-the-week plotting and a lighter look at gender barriers in a rigid society. The tone stays glossy, warm, and briskly paced rather than heavy or academic, carried by handsome costumes, atmospheric streets, and a magnetic lead performance. It plays as comfort-watch prestige TV dressed up as history.

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a magnetic lead performance anchoring handsome, breezy period-mystery storytelling.

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you want gritty historical realism instead of glossy, feel-good escapism.

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Season 12023
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Season 22024
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Determined to make her mark on the legal world, Lidia (Matilda De Angelis) now aspires to change the discriminatory laws preventing her from practicing law, pushing her brother Enrico to run for Parliament to champion her cause. As she dives into secret investigations, Lidia faces new challenges with prosecutor Fourneau (a formidable new ally and rival) while revisiting her past with Jacopo. This season will explore Lidia’s fierce fight for justice, women’s rights, and her struggle with personal sacrifices in a society that’s not ready for a woman like her.
Season 32026
7.96936
April 1887. Between Rome and Turin. Enrico is in Parliament. Lidia's law reaches the committee. But an explosive case shocks public opinion. Grazia Fontana, Lidia's best friend, is accused of killing her husband. In the Assize Court, prosecuting the case is Fourneau. Before him, Lidia. Is it murder... or self-defense? It's the trial of the century, and Lidia will once again have to choose: protect her heart or rewrite the law?

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Matilda De Angelis Lidia Poët
Eduardo Scarpetta Jacopo Barberis
Pier Luigi Pasino Enrico Poët
Sara Lazzaro Teresa Barberis
Alessia Spinelli Albertina
Sinéad Thornhill Marianna Poët
Gianmarco Saurino Procuratore Fourneau
Aldo Ottobrino Investigating judge, Giudice Genovesi, Giudice Procuratore Genovesi
Dario Aita Andrea
Sebastiano Fumagalli Lorenzo

Crew

Guido Iuculano
Davide Orsini

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