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The Heart Knows

The Heart Knows

Romance · Drama · 2025

After a heart transplant, Manuel feels a personality shift and explores his donor's life, leading him to meet the widowed Vale and her community.

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The Heart Knows

2025 Romance · Drama 1h 29m

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6.8 / 10

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After a heart transplant, Manuel feels a personality shift and explores his donor's life, leading him to meet the widowed Vale and her community.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Heart Knows?

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Directed by

Marcos Carnevale

Benjamín Vicuña

Benjamín Vicuña

Cast

Julieta Díaz

Julieta Díaz

Cast

P

Peto Menahem

Cast

Gloria Carrá

Gloria Carrá

Cast

Bicho Gómez

Bicho Gómez

Cast

Yayo Guridi

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Julia Calvo

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Court is in session

Put The Heart Knows on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.