Ele não parece ter um nome. Curiosamente, a TV Tropes relaciona isso como um tropeçamento significativo :
The name is the thing, and the true name is the true thing — so if the name changes...
Some names have obvious meanings but often, this is done when it is not the original name for the person, place or object, but rather, a new one given by someone or assumed.
Na Cidade de Deus, eles dizem:
In City of God, Lil Dice gets the new name Lil Ze from a religious practitioner, who states his new name will change his fate.
Isso é discutido em um artigo de 2004 que encontrei, que inclui citações de uma entrevista com o diretor do filme, Fernando Meirelles:
City of God also drapes itself in layers of subplot, resulting in a complex web of detail that can only be fully absorbed through repeated viewings. One surreal scene, for instance, shows Lil’ Ze’s ritual transformation from child to man, as he visits a sinister witch doctor’s candle-lit cathedral. “This amulet is your protector,” the elder explains, placing a necklace around the killer’s neck. Many viewers might easily miss the significance of this witch doctor’s insistence that Lil’ Ze not fornicate while wearing the amulet. Watch City of God a second time, however, it becomes clear that the hood’s violation of this command is the catalyst for his undoing.
“The scene with the witch doctor,” explains Meirelles, “comes from a religion brought to Brazil from Africa, called Candonble, that incorporates a lot of saints and entities, like gods that protect the sea and the winds. Different archetypes called orixas. In this scene, a very mean orixa – presented through the witch doctor - gives Lil’ Ze’ his power. But he is told that he can’t screw anybody with that amulet on. Later he rapes a girl. We don’t see the rape actually happen. Instead, there are three seconds showing only the amulet.”
Então o homem na cena é um tipo de feiticeiro , embora seu nome exato não seja revelado.