ANGIE'S DESPERATE PLEA: SET ME FREE!

Battle rages as Brad insists kids stay near him in L.A.

DESPERATE to move with her brood to London, movie witch Angelina Jolie is begging ex Brad Pitt to set them free — but sources say the miffed movie hunk is determined to keep her and the kids firmly in L.A.!

The 44-year-old Maleficent beauty has publicly declared she wants to move to Europe, saying: “I would love to live abroad and will do so as soon as my children are 18.”

But she admits Brad, 56, has the upper hand, thus trapping her in California. “Right now I’m having to base where their father chooses to live,” she moans.

And according to sources, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Oscar winner isn’t about to give in after having to fight so long and hard for parental rights.