But the film is an unusual, visually rich visit to the nation.
Aside from the race itself, and a fair share of dreary weather on what should be the sunny Cote d'Azur, returning to Monaco may well have been the glitzy and glamorous affair it usually is, with the stars and the rich visiting the paddock and the starting grid before the race.
President Xi Jinping has shown an ability to modulate foreign policy this year, for instance in switching the focus of economic relations to include Europe Britainn in particular with his cash-rich visit in October) and Latin America as well as the long-established stamping grounds of Africa and south-east Asia.
Can they survive just as London scenery, forms of heritage transport affordable only to the rich and visiting?
Africa, in particular, has had its share of picture-rich official visits and even more rhetoric, but maybe not much else.
WHEN the secretary of state of the world's richest country visits the world's biggest country, the occasion is ripe for a metaphor or two, however laboured.
Here, there was a man in an Eric Bristow darts shirt declaring: "I tell you when I sell that house I'll be fucking rich!" While visiting the bluebells this spring at Norsey Wood in Billericay, my wife drove a little too slowly past the gated mock-Tudor properties and promptly received a one-fingered salute from the car behind.
The Grand Hôtel is famous for hosting the biggest stars and richest tourists visiting Stockholm.
Tom Sergeant is a rich restaurateur who visits his ex-lover, Kyra Hollis, in her cold Kensal Rise flat.
It has a beautiful interior with a carved pulpit and rich decoration, but visits can only be arranged through the Jewish Museum (see below).
