Lidia Poët. La legge non è uguale per tutte

The essay examines the Netflix series The Law According to Lidia Poët (2023–ongoing) as a cultural device that merges biopic, period crime drama, and feminist narrative. By analysing historical sources, dramaturgical strategies, and the tensions between documentary accuracy and fictionalization, the article highlights how Italy’s first female lawyer is resemanticized in a contemporary key. The series articulates female emancipation through the lens of global television genres and current socio-cultural debates (#MeToo, inclusivity), engaging with public history practices. The result is a reflection on interpretive justice and on the audiovisual biopic’s ability to activate the past critically in order to question the present.