Pentest
TITLE
Pentest
DIRECTOR
Tristan Lhomme, Benjamin Chevallier
COUNTRY
France
YEAR
2025
DURATION
20′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview

Pentest
Nabil is about to deliver a meal to the offices of a major bank, but the receptionist curtly refuses him access. Touched by the young man's distress, a security guard discreetly opens an emergency exit for him. Nabil enters the building.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Tristan Lhomme, Benjamin Chevallier
Tristan Lhomme is a graduate of La Fémis. After graduating, he worked as a mixer. He also directed several short films (LAZARE, HEURTS D'ÉTÉ, CAMERAMEN). Alongside his film activities, Tristan is also a music video director, producer and co-founder of the music label SLOWCIETY. Pentest is his second short film co-directed with Benjamin Chevallier, following SANS FILET (2024). Benjamin Chevallier is a graduate of La Fémis. Since then, he has worked as a writer and director of documentary films (LA VRAIE VIE, LE GRAND PARIS DU RAP, DIABY, MERYL BÉNIE...). He regularly collaborates with Grünt, a production company dedicated to the emerging rap scene, directing documentaries and clips for artists such as Hatik, Youssoupha, Limsa d'Aulnay and others. Pentest is his second short film co-directed with Tristan Lhomme, following SANS FILET (2024).
Credits
- DirectorTristan Lhomme, Benjamin Chevallier
- Screenplay Benjamin Chevallier & Tristan Lhomme
- Cinematography Maxime Kathari
- Cast
- Editing Aymeric Schoens
- Producer/s Clément Bancel
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitlePentest
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originFrance
- Country of filmingFrance
- LanguageArabic, French
- First-time FilmmakerNo
- Student ProjectNo

Tristan Lhomme, Benjamin Chevallier
Tristan Lhomme is a graduate of La Fémis. After graduating, he worked as a mixer. He also directed several short films (LAZARE, HEURTS D'ÉTÉ, CAMERAMEN). Alongside his film activities, Tristan is also a music video director, producer and co-founder of the music label SLOWCIETY. Pentest is his second short film co-directed with Benjamin Chevallier, following SANS FILET (2024). Benjamin Chevallier is a graduate of La Fémis. Since then, he has worked as a writer and director of documentary films (LA VRAIE VIE, LE GRAND PARIS DU RAP, DIABY, MERYL BÉNIE...). He regularly collaborates with Grünt, a production company dedicated to the emerging rap scene, directing documentaries and clips for artists such as Hatik, Youssoupha, Limsa d'Aulnay and others. Pentest is his second short film co-directed with Tristan Lhomme, following SANS FILET (2024).