Director: Marcos Carnevale
Cast: Benjamín Vicuña, Julieta Díaz, Peto Menahem, Gloria Carrá, Bicho Gómez
The Heart Knows is a 2025 Argentine drama-romance film directed by Marcos Carnevale, starring Benjamín Vicuña and Julieta Díaz. Running 89 minutes, this Netflix production follows a man whose life is upended after a life-saving organ transplant opens unexpected emotional and personal territory.
What is The Heart Knows about?
Manuel is living an ordinary life when a sudden health crisis forces him to undergo a heart transplant. After surgery, he begins noticing subtle but persistent shifts in his personality — preferences, impulses, and feelings he cannot quite explain. Driven by curiosity and a growing sense that these changes connect him to the person whose heart now beats inside his chest, Manuel starts piecing together who his anonymous donor was. That search draws him into the warm but grieving world of Vale, a widow rebuilding her life alongside a tight-knit community. As Manuel and Vale grow closer, both must reckon with loss, identity, and the strange ways that love can outlast a single lifetime.
Cast & crew
Director Marcos Carnevale is an Argentine filmmaker known for emotionally grounded character studies. Benjamín Vicuña, one of Argentina's most recognized leading men, brings understated depth to Manuel, while Julieta Díaz plays Vale with warmth and quiet resilience. The supporting cast — including Gloria Carrá, Peto Menahem, Bicho Gómez, Yayo Guridi, Julia Calvo, and Veronica Hassan — fills out the community around Vale with lived-in authenticity.
Context & significance
Argentinian cinema has long resonated with Iranian diaspora audiences: both traditions prize intimate family drama, the weight of loss, and stories where ordinary people navigate extraordinary emotional circumstances without melodrama. The Heart Knows arrives on Netflix in Persian dub and Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible for viewers who prefer their own language. For the diaspora community, films about grief, identity reconstruction, and the bonds that form between strangers carry particular meaning — themes that echo the experience of building new lives far from home. This is the kind of quiet, human story that travels well across cultures.
Where & how to watch
The Heart Knows is available now on K-Time with Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, TV screen, or phone — no VPN needed, no extra download required, no geo-blocking. Cancel your subscription anytime.