[en] The fission fragment angular correlation has been measured in the Ar+Au reaction at 35 MeV/nucleon. Two components are clearly separated: the sequential fission of the target (σ=(320+-80)mb) and a fusion-like process (σ=480+-120)mb). The linear momentum transfer per nucleon for the fusion-like events reaches the limitation of 190 MeV/c observed in earlier studies. This limitation does not reflect a limit to the excitation energy that a nucleus can contain. Heavy residues with energies larger than 0.13 MeV/nucleon have been measured in the forward region. This observation of residues with high excitation energies implies the existence of a competition between fission and evaporation at excitation energies as high as approximately 800 MeV. Particles and light nuclei have been detected in a forward multidetector in coincidence with two fission fragments or a heavy residue