Discover the curiosities about the series ‘The laws of Lidia Poeta’

The story of the first Italian lawyer is on Netflix

The story of an unconventional woman at the end of the 19th century, characterized by talent, free spirit and strong personality. This is Lidia Poët, the first woman to be a lawyer in Italy and become a series on Netflix.

His conviction is to always be a nonconformist, not to adhere to the “common opinions” of the period and always think outside the traditional structure and rules of the system of the time. She like this is portrayed in the series “The laws of Lidia Poët” in six episodes set in Turin.

As the actors themselves state, there is a lot of poetic license in the presentation, as there is little information about the lawyer’s real life. But director Matteo Rovere has provided as many details as possible about the setting and “colors” of the series.

In fact: Lidia Poët was the first woman to graduate in law and to enroll in the Turin Bar Association in 1883. The request was accepted and then annulled by a sentence of the Court of Appeal, the second degree of Italian justice. The reason? The fact of being a woman.

For more than 30 years she was unable to practice her profession precisely because the rules did not allow women to practice as a lawyer. But, to this day, her figure is not studied in law universities and the series seeks, at least in part, to give her posthumous recognition.

“The series we wrote is not the story of your life.

It could be defined as a classic proceeding, with the key cases, the murders, the investigations and the final scenes. But beyond the individual cases, beyond the late 19th century world that we enjoyed reconstructing, beyond the trials and fascination of our protagonist, what is essential for us is her spirit – and I want to use one word, the right way to define it: non-conformism,” Rovere said.

Another point is also to show the audacity of Poët’s story just as the world was undergoing a great transformation, with the arrival of electric light (Turin was the first Italian city to have the service), the telephone and the press.

The protagonist’s wardrobe was inspired by the fabrics of the historic Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, in Venice, where the velvets are still produced by hand using centuries-old methods.

Even the series set in Turin went to great lengths to try to resemble the city of those years, which required covering large areas of today’s locations in exterior shots.

In addition, the makers built the first “lie detector” based on the original Italian drawings and also the exterior wall of Poët’s house – which had to be put up and taken down three times due to the snow that had fallen in the city.

Among some points used by the production for the recording are the Ex Curia Maxima, in via Corte d’Appello, the Palazzo Falletti Barolo and the Palazzo dei Cavalieri, the Museu del Carcere Le Nuove and the iconic Piazza Cavour. .

Source: Terra

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