1940年，瓦里安·弗莱带着3000美元和一份濒危艺术家和作家的名单前往马赛，他希望能在几周内帮助他们逃离。相反，他在那里呆了一年多，努力获取假证件，筹集紧急资金，安排难民穿越西班牙和葡萄牙，在那里登上更安全的港口。他的许多客户包括汉娜·阿伦特、马克斯·恩斯特、马塞尔·杜尚和马克·夏加尔，与时间赛跑拯救他们是一个关于禁忌之爱、高风险冒险和难以想象的勇气的故事。
In 1940, Varian Fry traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to help escape within a few weeks. Instead, he stayed more than a year, working to procure false documents, amass emergency funds, and arrange journeys across Spain and Portugal, where the refugees would embark for safer ports. His many clients included Hannah Arendt, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and Marc Chagall, and the race against time to save them is a tale of forbidden love, high-stakes adventure, and unimaginable courage.