Is 'Lupin' dubbed on Netflix? Find out if the French show has been dubbed by the platform

Omar Sy starrer Lupin is Netflix’s most recent crime thriller series. Ever since show was released on January 8, fans across world are swooning over it. Helmed by George Kay and François Uzan part 1 of Lupin season 1 premiered on Netflix on 8 January. crime thriller stars Omar Sy in role of Assane Diop, a man who is inspired by ventures of Arsène Lupin, a character created by Maurice Leblanc. Find out, “Is Lupin dubbed on Netflix?”

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Is Lupin dubbed on Netflix?

answer to this question is yes, and no. Lupin is originally a French-language show. Hence, original audio is in French while English subtitles are also available. However, Netflix allows viewers to watch such shows with ‘dubbed in English’ option. This option is available for viewers who are non-french speakers and wish to enjoy Lupin in English so that y don’t have to re subtitles.

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However, English dubbed version of show has some inconsistencies and problems with dubbing. This was discovered when Netflix uploed trailer for Lupin on its YouTube channel, which is was dubbed in English. Many fans commented noting that dub was poorly done and seemed extremely out of place. This has been noticed while watching show as well.

Source: Screenshot from YouTube comments

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This is not first time that issues with dubbing of Netflix shows have surfaced. According to a report in HITC, issues with dubbing were also noticed when Netflix released Barbarians, in October 2020. Barbarians was originally recorded in German and Latin but a dubbed English version was available. However, re were a lot of inconsistencies with dubbing which me it hard for English speaking viewers to watch show.

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Lupin: Premise of show

story of Lupin follows professional thief Assane Diop, who is only son of an immigrant from Senegal. During ir stay in France, Assane's far is framed for ft of an expensive diamond necklace by his employer by his wealthy and powerful employer Hubert Pellegrini.  incident takes a toll on Assane's far hangs himself in his prison cell out of shame, leaving teenage Assane an orphan. Twenty-five years later, inspired by a book about gentleman thief Arsène Lupin his far h given him on his birthday, Assane sets out on a path of revenge on Pellegrini family. He uses his charisma and mastery of thievery, subterfuge, and disguise to expose Hubert's crimes.