About Petra
Petra is an Italian crime drama made for Sky Italia that transplants Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett's beloved Spanish novels to the steep, salt-worn streets of Genoa. At its centre is Inspector Petra Delicato, a former Rome-based lawyer who has reinvented herself as a member of the city's mobile squad. Prickly, fiercely independent and allergic to small talk, Petra would rather chase a contradiction in a witness statement than make polite conversation, and she has little patience for the rituals of office life.
Her professional world is upended when she is paired with Deputy Inspector Antonio Monte, a warm, old-school officer drifting toward retirement who carries the weight of long experience and a deep streak of humanity. Where Petra is impatient and modern, Antonio is patient and traditional, and the two grate against each other from their first case. The pleasure of the series lies in watching that friction soften into one of crime drama's most satisfying odd-couple partnerships, built on grudging respect, dry humour and a shared instinct for the truth.
Across feature-length cases, the pair untangle layered investigations in and around Genoa, with the city's port, hills and tangled alleys giving the show a distinctive Ligurian texture. The storytelling stays character-led and restrained rather than sensational, weaving Petra's guarded private life and Antonio's home worries through the casework. Anchored by Paola Cortellesi's sharp, charismatic lead performance and Andrea Pennacchi's gentle counterweight, Petra became a recurring Sky event, returning for further seasons of self-contained mysteries.
