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Netflix has set a February 15 release date for its new Italian original series "The Law According to Lidia Poët," a period piece about Italy's first female lawyer. The show will premiere worldwide about a month after Elena Ferrante's well-received Netflix adaptation, "The Lying Life of Adults." It features Italian rising star Matilda De Angelis, who appeared alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in "The Undoing," as her title character. This, combined with the feminist narrative, could help give it international weight. Creators: Guido Iuculano, Davide Orsini Stars: Sara Lazzaro, Matilda De Angelis, Nicolo Pasetti The 6-episode procedural is directed by Matteo Rovere and Letizia Lamartire. One of the mottos of the series is: "If God had wanted you to be a lawyer, he would not have made you a woman." “Lidia Poët” reconstructs the true story of the Italian woman who at the end of the 19th century in Turin fought a legal battle to be able t...