Australian thriller Cruel Hands is set to deliver an emotionally charged story that combines family drama with psychological suspense. Directed by Al Kalyk, the film unfolds during the devastating 2019 Australian bushfires, using the real-life disaster as the backdrop for a tense and intimate survival story.The story centers on a mother and her young son who seek refuge in an abandoned farmhouse while fleeing an abusive husband. As emergency responders struggle to locate the missing family amid the chaos of the bushfires, the young boy, Dai, begins to uncover unsettling details that suggest there is far more happening than anyone…