The 21 chapters
of
« Ave Maria »
21 chapters symbolic of the beads on a rosary.
The film’s structure reproduces a complete rosary (all four mysteries) with only few minor changes.
The 21 chapters, with an average running time of 41/2 minutes, thus portray in succession:
- The Creation of the World
- The Conflict between the Woman and the Dragon (Revelation 12)
- Mary’s Childhood with Anna and Joachim
- Prayer and the intentions that we can offer, in the form of a “Letter to Mary”
- The Angelus
- The 5 Joyful Mysteries
- The 5 Luminous Mysteries
- The Sorrowful Mysteries put together in a single 7-minute sequence
- The 5 Glorious Mysteries
- Consecration to Mary