Berlin orders the hostages into red overalls
Berlin promises sleeping bags and a quiet night, then asks the hostages to strip and dress like the robbers; Arturo Román pleads for the vulnerable.
Arturo Román
The Mint's director and the most self-serving of the hostages. Played by Enrique Arce.
40 moments · 1h 12m
Berlin makes Arturo shoot him
Berlin forces a gun into Arturo's hands, counts down ten seconds for him to fire or be shot, then reveals the pistol is fake: trust us and obey.
Berlin hands out jobs and catches Arturo lying about DIY
Berlin organises the hostages, picks the school athletics captain, then calls Arturo's bluff about his handyman skills with a gun as lie detector.
Arturo and the captain find petrol, ammo and explosives under the canvas
Convinced they will be slaughtered, Arturo makes the student search the tunnel stash: petrol containers, ammunition, and what looks like heroin.
Arturo begs Monica to keep the baby, then reveals the phone in his coat
Arturo apologises, declares his love and asks Monica to let him be the father, before telling her about the tunnel and the hidden phone; she offers to go.
Arturo calls the roof walk bait and Denver makes him open his mouth
Berlin asks the hostages to take air on the roof as a favour; Arturo cries bait, and Denver silences him with a gun and a show of hands.
Roof standoff: Arturo grabs a gun and the snipers fire
Arturo learns Mónica was shot, turns Denver's gun on him among the kneeling hostages, and a sniper's green light hits the wrong man.
Tokyo narrates Arturo's deathbed question: wife or lover
Bleeding on a table, Arturo waits for clarity on whether Laura or Mónica was the love of his life, while Tokyo doubts the gang's first aid skills.
Berlin coaches Arturo before the call to his wife
Berlin muses that wives comfort in moments of fear, needles Arturo about his secretary, then warns that any slip on the phone earns a coup de grace.
Arturo's call to Laura ends on the wrong name
Arturo promises Laura a new life and a trip to Australia, swears she was always the one, then calls her Mónica. Berlin savours it: a legend.
Berlin picks local anaesthesia so he can chat with Arturo
The surgeons arrive for Arturo's bullet. Berlin overrules sedation so his patient stays awake, and a 25-minute clock goes up on the screen.
Arturo confesses he loves two women while Denver lifts a scalpel
Berlin needles Arturo about mixing up his wife's name; mid-surgery Arturo admits he cannot choose between Laura and Mónica. Nairobi spots the lost note.
Berlin crowns the hostage of the month
Berlin makes Mr. Torres take a bow for printing 311 million euros, then welcomes a recovered Arturo back with a round of applause.
Arturo recruits the chained guard Jacinto from the toilet
Arturo whispers to a locked-up security guard and promises scissors and tools in two hours, insisting 67 lives depend on him.
Arturo enlists Pablo to steal tools for the guards
Arturo tells a fellow hostage the guards are their last chance and asks him to distract Helsinki while he lifts drill bits and saws.
Mónica's pregnancy news and Denver's gluten-free dinner
Mónica recalls Arturo's reaction to nine months of not breathing; back in the present Denver proudly serves her a vending-machine menu.
Arturo's 10:30 escape plan and a favour from Helsinki
Arturo briefs a hostage on the breakout, names pregnant Mónica as the third escapee, then talks Helsinki into taking him downstairs to see her.
Arturo walks in on Mónica and Denver
Arturo's rescue mission backfires when he finds his lover with Denver. Tokyo narrates his one thought, vengeance, as he demands to be left alone with Denver.
Arturo fights Denver with blunt-tip scissors
Arturo claims the baby is his and attacks Denver, who easily overpowers him. To save his skin, Arturo gives up the hostages' escape plan.
Arturo learns his very important mission was fake
Arturo screams lawsuits at Helsinki, who cheerfully reveals the tunnel mission was never real.
Sewer ambush countdown ends with Arturo Román
The basement is rigged with explosives, six figures crawl toward the sewer, the GEOs count down and seize them, and Arturo screams that they are hostages.
Arturo Román plays the humble hero on a talk show
Two and a half years on, Arturo tours TV studios insisting he is no hero, just a brave man, while branding the gang rats and Helsinki a Balkan beast.
Arturo's self-help seminar: scissors versus an M16
Arturo rewrites his hostage story as a motivational speech, mourns losing Mónica, and has a hall chanting that they face their problems.
Denver walks out under a white flag
Arturo Román taunts Denver about his father, then Denver steps into the snipers' sights waving a white flag.
Sierra tears Arturo apart: canned tuna and cardboard boxes
After Arturo's TV interview, Alicia Sierra dissects his lonely life on camera-hungry fame and refuses to let him go home.
Arturo Román strolls back into the lion's den
While Suárez rages after the failed raid, a lone man walks up to the bank with his hands raised and announces he is Arturo Román.
Arturo pleads with Stockholm to meet his son
Strip-searched by the woman he once wronged, Arturo admits Laura left him, swears he thinks only of her and the boy, and begs to see his son.
His name is Cincinnati: Stockholm pulls a gun on Arturo
Arturo turns lewd and threatening in seconds, Stockholm draws on him, then names her son and leaves Helsinki to finish the search.
A teddy bear at the gates: Palermo sends an intern out in a mask
Palermo picks a volunteer hostage to retrieve a bear left by a pregnant woman; Arturo calls it suicide while masked hostages shield the pickup.
Denver and Stockholm fight over Manila and Cincinnati's plan B
With Arturo wounded, Denver blames Manila for blowing her cover; Stockholm fires back that it is never Arturo's fault and they chose to be here.
Bogotá names every slur as he beats Gandía; the hostages rise
Each punch gets a reason: fascist, racist, sexist, homophobe, and one for Nairobi. Intercut, the hostages storm the vault doors with guns.
Gandía taunts Tokyo as armed hostages break out and Denver is shot
A bloodied Gandía gloats that playtime is over just as the hostages burst in with rifles; Denver takes a bullet and Stockholm scrambles for the surgical kit.
Firefight in the bank: the hostages pin the gang down
Arturo's armed hostages trade fire with the robbers, who retreat and split up to chase them toward the loading dock while Helsinki is sent to watch the roof.
Arturo calls two wounded fathers collateral damage
The Governor tells Arturo to stop after two hostages are hit; Arturo counts it a victory worthy of Churchill and blames the recoil.
Arturo's tiki-taka: Messi, Neymar, a grenade and a flamethrower
Arturo refuses to sit tight, lobs a grenade at the gang and finds a flamethrower in the armory, promising the barbecue will be outside.
Denver's present for Arturo and a drugged Gandía stalls the army
Helsinki spots Special Forces moving in; Lisbon orders Gandía released, Denver lobs a grenade with a family announcement, and a sedated Gandía halts the raid.
Arturo's radio taunt about Mónica pushes Denver over the edge
Over the walkie, Arturo tells Denver that Mónica never loved him the way she loved him, and Denver has to be dragged back before he charges out alone.
Open, close: the Browning on the forklift battle
Arturo overrules the hostages' instinct to hold the armory and attacks; the gang mounts a Browning on a forklift and fires through doors opened and shut on cue.
Mónica holds Arturo at gunpoint and he dares her to shoot
Caught in the firefight, Arturo tells Mónica she will never shoot the father of her child and that she will never truly be one of the gang.
Palermo and Stockholm fight to revive Arturo
Arturo lies dying as Stockholm pumps his chest; Palermo wants to finish him off and spare the gang the blame, then decides to get him out.