It has sort of a beatnik feel. Later that evening, he improvises a poem and dedicates it to her. She shoots him down, and proves herself his intellectual equal if not superior. Were it not for a second, chance meeting that would have been the end of it. Nina makes him work hard for that first date, and the sparks do fly.
Friendship builds, the physical stuff continues.
Old loves return, old friends get in the way. Communications break down and the entire relationship ebbs and flows in a totally natural course of events. The performances are not forced. The jazz tinged score gives the entire movie a lush feel. Witcher's cinematic eye shows an understanding of the medium far beyond most first timers.