Petra (TV series)

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 Italia. 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 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.

Cast

 * Paola Cortellesi as Petra Delicato, former Rome-based lawyer, Genoan police Inspector in the archive department, called to attend a rape case due to staff shortage, appointed to the homicide squad
 * Andrea Pennacchi as Antonio Monte, Deputy Inspector from the fraud squad, called to assist Petra, appointed to the homicide squad
 * Diego Ribon as Nicola Ferzicantieri, high-price lawyer, Rome-based, Petra's first husband, dismissive and misogynistic
 * Simone Liberati as Lorenzo, chef restaurateur, Petra's second husband, supportive but clingy
 * Antonio Zavatteri as Pessone, Homicide Inspector, gives Petra his low profile cases
 * Riccardo Lombardo as Salvo Carona, Superintendent, Petra's boss, tries to side-line her whenever cases turn high-profile
 * Matteo Sintucci as Matteo Reva, detective, guards Petra
 * Alice Acruri as Alba, Petra's housemaid, has a young son, becomes Matteo's love interest
 * Beatrice Aiello as Amanda, Petra's younger sister, married to Roberto, mother of Pietro
 * Nicoletta Robello as Iacalone, Public Prosecutor


 * Guest cast (one episode)
 * Marina Occhionero as Salomé Frecciani, first rape victim, later murdered
 * Federico Tolardo as Mirko, falsely confesses to Salomé's rape
 * Iacopo Ricciotti as Alex Mescarelli, food-deliverer, serial rapist and mutilator
 * Federica Rosellini as Luisa Sangenini, hardware store clerk, Alex' cousin/half-sister, lies about Alex
 * Orietta Notari as Carla, Alex' mother, Luisa's aunt, lies about Alex and her ex-husband, Riccardo
 * Alessia Giuliani as Valentina, dog trainer, owns a molossus dog Vulcano, Antonio's love interest
 * Alessandro Tedeschi as Luca, vet, brief fling with Petra
 * Andrea Bruschi as Ciro Toleta, dog breeder, organises dog fighting
 * ? as Grazia Toleta, dog breeder-trainer, Ciro's wife, helps with dog fighting, owns a guard dog Zoa,
 * Andrei Nova as Christian / Diddyim Ivanov, hotel construction foreman, Skoptsy Russian cult member
 * Cristian Popa as Egor Zuratov, Moscow homicide detective, brief fling with Petra
 * Marco Quaglia as Giovanni Imbreccia, journalist-editor of La Veglia, a Rome-based Catholic newspaper, highly influential client of Nicola
 * Fabio Morici as restaurant manager, witness recants his evidence
 * Claudio Vanni as Mauro, police informer, convicted rapist
 * Gianluca Tricarico as Dario, TV gossip monger, host of Linea Gossip, shot dead
 * ? as Giorgia Baroi, sex worker, strangled and dumped in beach off Genoa
 * Fabrizio Traversa as Simone, Rome-based sex worker, friend of Giorgia
 * Federico Fazioli as Oreste di Monaldo, business man accused of money laundering

Distribution
The first season of Petra consisting of four episodes was broadcast simultaneously on Sky Cinema, Sky Atlantic and streaming on Now TV, and later free-to-air on TV8, from September 14 to October 5, 2020. In March 2021, filming began on the second season which premiered on Sky from September 16, 2022 for Sky Extra customers, while normal programming takes place from September 21, 2022 on Sky Cinema Uno, Sky Serie and Now TV.