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I think it came out more than five years ago, possibly up to 15? years ago? not 100% sure. definitely american. i don't think the film was hugely popular. i'm pretty sure it had a one word male name for the title of the film. the first part of the movie is the boy in his pod. he gets up does his heavy equipment job (remotely operated loader i think) if i remember correctly the pods are a type of one room concrete bunker type living space with a chair/bed thing in the middle where the people have all the controls for the immersive computer use.(not sure if it was VR goggles or a screen) you can order in take out and there are advertisements for this on lunch break. while he's loader operating i believe he spots a dog and stops his loader. as he looks at the dog. i think he catches a glimpse of a human girl in the trees. then after being stopped for a while there is an authoritative voice that comes on to see why he was stopped and commands him to get back to work. he tries to communicate with his mom but she is generally fried and can only think about the latest video game. he plays a video game too and after work manages to beat the toughest final part of the game and he is momentarily elated, then he realizes how empty that accomplishment was. there are some flashbacks of his mom dumping him off in his own pod at a young age. i don't remember exactly what breaks his pod control system or maybe power connection but once it breaks he has a tough time getting out and i think he goes over to his mom's pod. she doesn't answer and then a police drone comes and examines him. i thnk he then hikes to the site where his loader was and tries to find the dog and girl. he is weak from not much physical activity, but finds the family. they grow all their own food and are self sustaining. he needs to first learn to talk because most communication is through typing and texting. the texting is like a new language that encapsulates all the grammatical shortcuts everyone uses in texting only much more. so he's got to learn to communicate verbally, and eventually learns about the real world and how to survive under the guidance of the family. there is a strong matriarch that is the head of the family and i don't think there is a dad. they are cautious to avoid the drones and don't want to be spotted. they lose a scarf while walking and a drone spots it and comes looking for them. they hide from the drone. anyways i hope that is enough to jog some memories in someone? thanks in advance if you can help me with the title.