Back to the 19th century for Turin with Lidia Poët. Season 2 drops on October 30
Season 2 of The Law According to Lidia Poët will be released on Netflix from October 30 following the preview presentation on October 24 at Alice nella città, the autonomous and parallel section of the Rome Film Fest.
The series, whose first season won Best ‘Crime’ Series at the Nastri d’Argento Grandi Serie 2023, is produced by Matteo Rovere, a Groenlandia (a Banijay Group company) production, and created by Guido Iuculano and Davide Orsini. Behind the camera Matteo Rovere and Letizia Lamartire were supported by Pippo Mezzapesa. Season 2 was written by Flaminia Gressi, Guido Iuculano and Davide Orsini.
Matilda De Angelis once again takes the role of Lidia Poët, the first woman in Italy to be admitted to the Bar.
Credits: Netflix/Camilla Cattabriga e Lilia Carlone
Locations in Season 2 of 'Lidia Poët'
The city of Turin returns with Lidia for the series, which takes another dive into the late 19th century: locations from Season 1 reappear, such as Via and Piazza Carlo Alberto with imposing Palazzo Carignano (the facade on Piazza Carignano is used for the courthouse exterior), the former Le Nove prison, Palazzo dei Cavalieri, the editorial office of the Gazzetta Piemontese, Piazza San Carlo.
Other locations in the city include: Palazzo Cisterna as the Prosecutor's Office, the offices of Fourneau and the university; Villa Rignon (Villa Cravero in the series), via Magenta, via della Consolata, the Church of Santa Pelagia. Outside Turin, glimpses of the municipality of Carignano show the Church of the Holy Spirit, Villa Bona (Jacopo's home); Agliè, with its ducal castle; Borgo Cornalese; the riverfront of Arona (Novara); Villa Malfatti in San Giorgio Canavese.
'The Law According to Lidia Poët 2' - Plot and cast
The six episodes of Season 2 of The Law According to Lidia Poët directed by Matteo Rovere and Letizia Lamartire, with Pippo Mezzapesa, pick up where Season 1 left off. Prevented by a law written by men from becoming a lawyer, Lidia now aims higher: she wants to change the law. She continues to work with her brother Enrico (Pier Luigi Pasino), tackling new cases and fighting for women's rights, and also wants to convince him to run for Parliament so that her law can finally find a voice. Lidia is done with love, and with Jacopo (Eduardo Scarpetta) who has sold the family villa and is on a collision course with all the Poëts. But Jacopo and Lidia are forced to work, reluctantly, again together on a secret investigation that affects them both and in so doing, rediscover their complicity and the fun of old. Adding to the complexity is the new King's Prosecutor, Fourneau (Gianmarco Saurino), an establishmentarian who unexpectedly treats Lidia as his equal, making her question the complex and contradictory relationship she has with her feelings, and the cost of the personal sacrifice she is making in the name of her ideals. In Seaason 2, Lidia continues to relentlessly dismantle, piece by piece, the world built by men for men, with her skill and sharp mind, besting her opponents with intelligence, irony and without half measures; but not without questioning herself.
In addition to Matilda De Angelis as Lidia and Eduardo Scarpetta as journalist Jacopo Barberis, the returning cast includes Pier Luigi Pasino (Enrico Poët, Lidia’s brother), Sara Lazzaro and Sinéad Thornhill (respectively Teresa Barberis, Enrico’s wife, and Marianna Poët, their daughter) and Dario Aita (Andrea Caracciolo). They are joined by Gianmarco Saurino as the prosecutor Fourneau.