Li'l Zé

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Li'l Zé is a ruthless, power-hungry gang leader who rises to dominate the violent criminal underworld in the Brazilian film "City of God."

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Li'l Zé canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
gang leader ⓘ
adaptedForScreenBy Bráulio Mantovani ⓘ
adaptedFrom Cidade de Deus (novel) ⓘ
linked to: City of God (novel)
ageDepictedAs child (early in film) ⓘ
teenager ⓘ
young adult ⓘ
appearsIn Cidade de Deus ⓘ
linked to: City of God

City of God ⓘ
appearsInWorkCoDirectedBy Kátia Lund ⓘ
appearsInWorkDirectedBy Fernando Meirelles ⓘ
basedOn Dadinho (character in the novel Cidade de Deus) ⓘ
characterInFilmGenre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
conflictsWith Knockout Ned ⓘ
Rocket ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
createdBy Paulo Lins ⓘ
diesIn City of God (film) ⓘ
linked to: City of God
fictionalUniverse City of God universe ⓘ
linked to: City of God
firstAppearance Cidade de Deus (novel, 1997) ⓘ
firstFilmAppearance City of God (2002 film) ⓘ
linked to: City of God
genreContext Brazilian crime cinema ⓘ
involvedIn armed robbery ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ
murder ⓘ
killedBy Runts (Caixa Baixa gang of kids) ⓘ
languageOfWork Portuguese ⓘ
leadsOrganization Li'l Zé's gang ⓘ
moralAlignment villain ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodiment of urban violence ⓘ
nationality Brazilian (fictional) ⓘ
notableFor extreme brutality in Brazilian cinema ⓘ
rise to power in City of God favela ⓘ
notableTrait power-hungry ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
sadistic ⓘ
violent ⓘ
occupation drug dealer ⓘ
gang leader ⓘ
operatesIn Cidade de Deus favela ⓘ
otherName Dadinho ⓘ
Zé Pequeno ⓘ
portrayedBy Douglas Silva ⓘ
Leandro Firmino ⓘ
portrayedIn 2002 film City of God ⓘ
linked to: City of God
roleInStory primary antagonist ⓘ
setting Rio de Janeiro favelas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City of God → mainCharacter → Li'l Zé ⓘ
Rocket → acquaintanceOf → Li'l Zé ⓘ
Knockout Ned → conflictWith → Li'l Zé ⓘ