As the title character, Monica Vitti incarnates the comicstrip heroine, a cross between Barbarella and James Bond. The film's plot finds secret agent Blaise and her faithful sidekick Willie Garvin (Stamp) teaming up to defeat effete super-villain Gabriel (Bogarde). The adventure has something to do with diamonds, but it should come as no surprise that the plot comes second to the fabulous production design by Richard McDonald, plus Losey's typically eccentric visual style here accented with a pop-art nod to the swinging '60s. The film achieves a truly strange kind of high camp in its attempt to satirize the source material, which itself originated as a lighthearted spoof of the crime-fighting adventures of 007 and his ilk.