"He died last night, somewhere at 11 o'clock at night," - quotes RIA Novosti Yakovlev.

She said that Alarcon "had oncology."

“Literally in two weeks I“ burned down, ”the film expert added.

Alarcon was born in Chile, but he lived in the USSR for a long time. In the 90s he returned to his homeland.

He made films like Jaguar, KGB Agents Fall in Love too, Spanish Actress for a Russian Minister.

Farewell to the director will be held at the Moscow Cinema House on July 4 at 11:00.

Earlier it was reported that the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli died at the age of 96 years.