Please help me identity a French drama, blonde woman is staying with wealthy family and is given a red car (Renault 5 maybe?)

I think it was a 90’s or 00’s drama, a young blonde (?) woman is working for a wealthy family, maybe staying in their large country house. They are in the provinces. She is given a small red ( think) car to get around in, maybe a Renault 5. She does something, maybe has an affair with the husband, I can’t recall, causing a problem. One of the last scenes is where she walks over the lawn to speak to the wife/matriarch who is gardening. There is a frosty exchange, the young woman says she is keeping the car.

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I’m almost certain that this is not it because the maid can’t drive a car in this one but otherwise it’s similar:

La Cérémonie (1995).

@celebes.warty.pig - at first I thought this was the film I was thinking of, but after watching it again recently, unfortunately it wasn't. Good guess though, many thanks.

I’ve learned today that La Cérémonie (1995) is based on real life events and it has at least two more adaptations:

Murderous Maids (2000).

A Judgment in Stone (1986).

This is a list of all the fiction, inspired by the case: