It sure does suck a bit when you find a fun foreign period drama to watch about a female lawyer in italy around 1870-ish and then you come on tumblr to find almost no posts (mostly in italian of course) and no pretty pretty gifsets because even if there is an active kdrama community on here that gif those shows (but it's quite often dedicted to the male leads and the romance moments but that's beside the point) and cdramas and the ocassional jdrama, tumblr is, like most places, incredibly us-centric. For entertainment and otherwise (with some focus on british stuff as well).
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I started the law according to Lidia Poët on a whim, binged it, finished it, and now I’m stupidly obsessed with big feelings and nowhere to go with them. What do I do?! Is there a possibility of season 2? Is this the end? Do I need to get myself into therapy? WHAT DO I DO?!!! HELP
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This is a Lidia Poët stan account, where are my sexy, late 1800s Italian lawyer appreciators at
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When I have more time I will definitly write a meta about Enricos character devlopment in Lidia Poet. Because it is so beautiful how he is still slightly cocky big brother, having a “this is a mens business” attitude. Which already gets a big hit in epsiode 2 when the lesbian woman asks Lidia: “Have you neve rfelt the judgment of society” and she answers: “Everyday, but they have yet to bring me down” and then changing his attitude completly when he finds out his father wanted to auction Lidia off like a cow. Finally having to face the harsh reality for women during that time
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The Law According to Lidia Poët / tv show review.
This is just my opinions on the first season of The Law According to Lidia Poët. Pretty much spoiler free!
Although I have many foreign period dramas on my netflix list that are not just kdramas or from the UK, and in general I want to watch more foreign content, I rarely get around to do it. But a six-episode Italian period drama sounded so exciting to me, a fun and quick watch, that I couldn't resist. And I'm glad I took the plunge.
The Law According to Lidia Poët is a lively and fun period drama that anyone who loves a good mystery and just period pieces in general with gorgeous, but not necessarily period-accurate, costumes and fun characters.
A remarkable amount of story, as well as character development, is stuffed into these six episodes. The progress of the story is fast, but there seems to be still good enough moments for the story to stop and breathe and linger on the important moments. There is good family and personal drama within the narrative, and overall the whole Poët family is very interesting to watch. It never feels rushed or anything.
Each episodes follows a 'case of the week' so to speak, just as many older mystery shows did. The cases are fun, but have not that much to do with the progress of the story itself, or have a huge impact on each other. They are actually there for the characters to have something to do and let us get to know Lidia's methods for solving these mysteries and learn about her as a character.
But still, at the same time, I feel like each case is trying to highlight a little bit of the social and political issues that the story is dealing with; the status of women and the unrest in Italy at that time, although there is never really an exact year set for this series or explicitly stated within the narrative. Or if it was I didn't notice it.
Lidia herself is that determined young girl you expect from period drama like this. A female protagonists that usually doesn't fit the mold of traditional women but more unruly as to (often, but not all the time) appeal to a modern audience. But it works well here. The real Lidia Poët was a trailblazer after all and ready to fight against an unfair system. So it doesn't come across as inauthentic, or too girlbossy, in this series, as it does in some other period dramas. Lidia is a sharp and witty character who manages to be more than some archetype.
In fact, I think that most of the characters in the show are characters that you might expect from such shows, without falling into any archetype per say. There is a good dynamic amongst all the characters, especially Lidia's family, and there is a lot of heart going on, and the actors and the script manage to breathe good life into all these characters. I hope we see them again in the next series, because as the story came to a close, I still wanted to see more of all of them.
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Anyway, the lawyer Lidia Poët series on Netflix is pretty cool.
It’s great to see a good Italian production talking about these themes.
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