Petra (2020)

Directed by

Maria Sole Tognazzi

Genre

drama film, crime film, noir fiction

Country

Italy

Length

3 seasons, 10 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police inspector in Genoa solves complex murder cases. She works with a deputy inspector and uses her sharp instincts to uncover the truth.

methodicalgrittymelancholicslow-burnearthytenseunderstated

What happens

Petra (German: Mord in Genua – Ein Fall für Petra Delicato) is an Italian crime drama television series, which premiered on September 14, 2020, on Sky Atlantic. It is based on four detective novels by Spanish writer, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, featuring the character, Petra Delicado. The TV series was directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi. The main protagonist, Petra Delicato (Paola Cortellesi) is an Inspector for the Genoa police, originally working as an archivist. She is assisted by Deputy Inspector Antonio Monte (Andrea Pennacchi). The first season of four episode was broadcast on Sky Italia, and later free-to-air on TV8 from September 14 to October 5, 2020. The second season of another four episodes began on Sky Serie from September 16, 2022. The series was broadcast in Germany as Mord in Genua – Ein Fall für Petra Delicato from December 6, 2020, in Australia via SBS On Demand streaming service, and in the United States on MHz Choice from November 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• ZeroZeroZero (2020)
• Blanca (2021)
• Beautiful to Die For (2020)
• Rocco Schiavone (2016)
• Stem Cell (2020)
• Storia di una famiglia perbene (2021)
• I casi di Teresa Battaglia (2023)
• Cacciatore: The Hunter (2018)