导演：郎丹丹
编剧：郎丹丹
主演：林君亭、郎丹丹
制片人：Sophie Cadet
摄影：陈澜
类型：剧情短片
时长：23分钟
完成时间：2022
对白语言：中文
地区：法国、德国
制片公司：–

Director: Dandan Lang
Screenwriter: Dandan Lang
Cast: Chunting-Lin, Dandan Lang
Producer: Sophie Cadet
Cinematographer: Lan Chen
Genre: Featured short film
Length: 23min
Year: 2022
Dialogue: Mandarin Chinese
Region: France, Germany
Production Company: —

玫瑰和蒋雨是多年老友，但两人性格迥异，玫瑰热情随性，活在当下；蒋雨内敛谨慎，做事情总是跟着计划来。两人一起来欧洲留学。玫瑰选择了巴黎，蒋雨选择了德国小镇凯塞斯劳滕。一年过去后，玫瑰的异国恋男友催促她回国，她也受够了在巴黎孤独的生活，决定回去。临走前她来到凯塞斯劳滕准备和蒋雨告别，谁知两人相处下来的这段时间里，玫瑰发现自己对蒋雨有超出友谊之外的感情…….

As the city of Chengdu changes, the future of the beloved club Funky Town is unclear. For a vibrant group of DJs, drag performers, lovers, ravers, and skaters this is a sanctuary for underground partying and allows them to thrive after the sun sets. It’s the one place that accepts them for who they really are, whilst they run away from their problems during the day. With construction cranes looming from an encroaching metro station, the friends are forced to face what brought them to the party in the first place and make the most of their remaining time there. THE LAST YEAR OF DARKNESS is a coming-of-age film that celebrates the ephemerality of youth—from love to loss, from throwing up to growing up.

郎丹丹出生于北京，目前以自由电影人/演员身份居住巴黎。于2022年毕业于Eicar国际电影电视学院，获得研究生MFA“导演”学位。

This is Ben’s second feature-length documentary and 6th year coming back to Chengdu. He speaks Chinese. His first feature DON’T BE A DICK ABOUT IT won the 2018 Audience Award at IDFA and is being distributed by Oscilloscope. He now works directing commercials and music videos. His works include Cannes Silver Lion Advertising award, Vimeo Staff Picks, NYT Op-Docs, and some of his films have millions of views. His previous short films have gotten into 50+ festivals around the world including Tribeca (GNARLY IN PINK) and Slamdance (WHAT I HATE ABOUT MYSELF).

这是一段友达以上恋人未满的关系，我想这种关系在女生之间是并不罕见的。从小我们都总是手拉着手上厕所，一起比较身材，一起睡觉…….也许是社会的影响，女生之间的亲密关系总是很模糊的，有时候连我们自己也都会分不清，到底是友谊，还是浪漫关系？我想以女性视⻆出发，来探讨这样一种女孩之间特有的暧昧模糊不清的关系。

The Last Year of Darkness is a coming-of-age documentary about five of the friends I made in the underground party scene in Chengdu, China. The film is a celebration of life and a love letter to this wonderful community I’ve been so lucky to be a part of.

This film is really personal to me. Funky Town is where I go to escape my problems, even if only for the night. It’s the epicenter of the underground community in Chengdu where everyone who doesn’t fit into conventional society can feel wild and free. Funky Town has saved our lives. Techno music has saved our lives. My goal for this project was to create a portrait of a temporary utopia and share this intimate space with a larger audience.

I connect deeply with the journeys of my main characters and I hope that folks all around the world will too. Battling depression, the exhaustion that comes from living as an artist, the struggles you face just trying to keep the lights on: these issues have played a part in the defining moments of my life thus far and they’re central to the coming of age stories of each character in the documentary.