MOVIES - Sept. 3, 1987

“The Kid Brother,” a film by Quebec director Claude Gagnon about the effect of a handicapped child on a blue collar family, took top honors Tuesday at the 11th Montreal World Film Festival. “Kid Brother” represented an international win--it was made in English and is a Canadian, U.S. and Japanese joint production. Leo McKern, an Australian who portrays the English barrister Horace Rumpole on British television, won the best actor award for “Travelling North,” while Irina Kupchenko of the Soviet Union was named best actress for “A Lonely Woman Wishes to Get Acquainted.”