Mixing archival footage with tongue-in-cheek dramatic sequences, outrageous outfits, and campy 1950’s interior design, the film follows Gerda’s ascent as she moves from slinging hash in a greasy spoon to sleeping with Canadian cabinet ministers and scandalizing the international diplomatic community. Along the way we get a taste of the heady postwar days of Montreal in the 1950’s when gangsters mixed with politicians in smokey jazz clubs and when a good-looking girl, who knew how to play her cards right, could get free meals and other perks.