{"id":16215,"date":"2026-08-06T11:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cineeco.pt\/edicao\/%ano_da_edicao%\/yellow-cake\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:08:20","slug":"yellow-cake","status":"publish","type":"edicao_2024","link":"https:\/\/cineeco.pt\/en\/edition\/2026\/yellow-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"YELLOW CAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the town of Picu\u00ed, in the backlands of Para\u00edba, a team of scientists attempts to eradicate the deadly Aedes aegypti mosquito \u2014 the carrier of dengue fever \u2014 through a secret experiment known as Yellow Cake. <br\/>Using uranium extracted from the region, the project aims to sterilise the mosquitoes and halt the spread of the disease. 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