In 1941, those who had remained around too long to completely escape the Nazi blitzkrieg had one small, slim chance to escape persecution. They could travel to Marseilles and attempt to get the servile but still nominally independent government of Vichy France to grant them an exit visa. Then they could take passage to safer climes on one of the neutral vessels that stopped there. This drama, based on a novel by Anna Seghers, follows the fates of a small group of desperate people who are attempting to do just that.

Marseille 1940-1941. "Transit" raconte l'histoire d'un manuscrit inachevé dont la circulation entrainera la rencontre de deux hommes qui aiment la même femme qui, elle-même, en aime un autre dont elle ignore qu'il est déjà mort. "Histoire inscrite dans le Marseille de ces années tragiques, ou Anna Seghers, avec ses deux enfants et son mari, interne au camp voisin des Milles, venait de vivre trois mois d'épreuves."