Two Italian teenage girls defy the suffocation of small town, traditional Italy and emerge at the end of the day with dreams intact. Sara Podda and Maya Mulas star in Salvatore Mereu.s new wave Italian neorealist romp in small town Italy. Not unlike small town America, the big dreams of two young girls are hemmed in on all sides by the small mindedness of their provincial environment. Screened at Open Roads: New Italian Cinema at New York.s Lincoln Center, .Pretty Butterflies. tugs at the heart and strengthens the soul at the same time. As they bounce from adventure to adventure, one of the girls narrates the story of a day in their lives. An ordinary day and at the same...