Guinguette(1959)

Guinguette is a French film following Renée, a former sex worker who has saved enough to open a waterfront guinguette—her dream establishment. She takes in Marco, a charming lover who wants to store second-hand cars in an adjoining barn. The catch: his vehicles are stolen, and Marco's criminal dealings soon entangle Renée in danger. As bodies pile up and complications mount, the film traces whether love can survive the chaos Marco brings into her carefully built life. A gritty portrait of ambition, desire, and the price of reinvention in post-war Paris.