Cohen Media Nabs U.S. Rights to Nakache's 'Think Good'
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- Cohen Media Group acquired U.S. domestic distribution rights to Think Good (Si Tu Penses Bien), the Cannes Premiere–section drama from writer-director Géraldine Nakache, with the deal negotiated between EVP Robert Aaronson and Playtime Co-CEO Nicolas Brigaud-Robert.
- Written by Nakache and David Lambert, the film follows Gil (Monia Chokri) as she realizes the "insidious control" husband Jacques (Niels Schneider) exerts over her life, framed by expectations around her Jewish faith and his admonition to "think good and it will be good."
- Playtime's Brigaud-Robert said the Cannes launch drew "strong interest from US buyers," but Cohen Media "convinced us they were the right home" — explicitly noting a competitive buyer field for the title.
- Cohen Media's Aaronson called the film "a nuanced and emotionally powerful portrait of a relationship that slowly shifts from passion to control," singling out Chokri's performance for praise.
- Producers are Patrick Quinet (Liaison Cinématographique) and Philippe Godeau (Pan Cinéma), with co-producers Artémis Production, Be TV, Orange, Proximus, RTBF, and Shelter Prod rounding out the financing.
Why it matters: The deal is a concrete data point on the transatlantic appetite for French auteur dramas with socially charged subject matter — here, coercive control in a marriage cloaked in religious expectation — and the source explicitly attests that multiple U.S. buyers were circling the title in Cannes before Cohen Media won it. For Cohen Media, it extends a pattern of acquiring festival-launched French-language titles for U.S. release.
