The Mafu Cage
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| Directed by | Karen Arthur |
| Written by | Don Chastain |
| Based on | Toi et Les Nuages by Eric Westphal |
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| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Edited by | Carol Littleton |
| Distributed by | The Jerry Gross Organization |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Budget | $1 million |
The Mafu Cage (also released as My Sister, My Love, Deviation and Don't Ring the Doorbell) is a 1978 American psychological horror film directed by Karen Arthur, and starring Carol Kane and Lee Grant. Its plot follows two sisters Ellen and Cissy, both the daughters of a late anthropologist Max Carpenter, residing in a dilapidated Los Angeles mansion: Ellen, is an astronomer, and Cissy, is a dysfunctional eccentric who keeps and tortures a variety of monkeys and other primates.
Arthur worked with screenwriter Don Chastain to loosely adapt Eric Westphal's play Toi et Tes Nuages, which she had seen in Paris in 1975. The film premiered at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.