One of the most repeated comments among those who witnessed the surprising and unusual hostage robbery on Wednesday, October 1st, at the Banco Santander office in Girona's Eixample district is that the robbers had seen "too many movies." But perhaps if they had seen Black afternoon (Dog day afternoon), by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino as the early robber Sonny Wortzik, whose every move goes wrong, would have thought twice. In the film, just as happened in Girona, three robbers break into a bank and take seven hostages, but the plan quickly falls apart and the police surround the building. The final similarity is that the robbery of the First Brooklyn Savings Bank ends up being broadcast on television, turning into a veritable media circus, while the robbery of the Banco Santander, which also attracted countless onlookers and blocked street traffic, is broadcast via audio thanks to the indiscreet use of a cell phone. On the corner of Emili Grahit and Rutlla streets in Girona, however, the film ends after about 20 minutes, just long enough for the Mossos d'Esquadra and the local police to realize that the robbers are novices and, despite having hostages, decide to rush in and arrest the robbers. The assailants don't resist and throw to the ground the two fake pistols they had threatened employees and customers with. A happy ending, but with open questions.

Just like in American movies, three men with their faces covered and armed with fake firearms broke into a bank branch in downtown Girona at noon on Wednesday and arrested seven people, including employees and customers. The attempted robbery in broad daylight was foiled by the police, resulting in no injuries.